Hey everyone, my name is francois, i'm from Brussels Belgium, I am a thai massage therapist and I live in the beautiful osa peninsula.
Long time ago I studied tourism, and I started and owned a hostel in Costa Rica called utopia tica, that I had to close down because of corona virus.
I have a daugther that lives most of the time with me and our 2 Belgian shepherd dogs.
I love topics such as human right or what we can do to make this wolrd more respectful ( to the earth and to ourselves)

PHILOSOPHY

feel open to discover others, you'll discover yourself...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I believe that every time i share my culture and i learn about a new person and his culture it makes me a better human.
i host when ever my accomodation allows it. I always check where i'm travelling if i can couchsurfer rather than stay in a hostel (even tho i love the atmospher of hostels).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE:
My most memorable experience while being hosted was to go to a psytrans rave party in the mountains around Panama city with my couch surfer Said, and his friends Fanny and Pulum.
It was the second nigth of my trip, I was fully jetlag, and I danced until 8 am... That was 12 years ago, and to this day we are still close friends and have seen each other various times.

Interests

i like to learn and discover others cultures/people.
I love big hike/trek in the forests.
Rock climbing.
Daily yoga routine.
Love giving as well as receiving thai massage.
I really enjoy been in the nature and have the opporutnity to make a fire and have a nice conversation around it.
But if i'm in a city i like to enjoy it with it's inhabitants, especially live music and good organic vegan restaurants.

• culture
• festivals
• yoga
• traveling
• hiking
• rock climbing
• business
• tourism
• thai massage

Music, Movies, and Books

i m so eclectic when it comes to music and books, but what is sure is that I'm an avid consumer of both.
I love Ken follet's book the pillars of the earth.
I read every year the little prince which each time gives me new life lessons.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Leaving my European life style behind me, in order to create myself a hostel in the jungle of the corcovado national park in Costa rica.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a certified yoga teacher and thai massage therapist.

What I Can Share with Hosts

the amazing nature of the corcovado national park and its surrounding.
Trading thai massage or yoga class.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Panama, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Costa Rica, Ecuador, United Kingdom, United States