“Why don’t we do a house swap some day then?” I asked Felipe.
Before making plans we learned about each other’s common passions for board riding sports, love of nature and good wine. That was a good start.
Felipe went back to Chile, we went back to Maui and we lost track of each other. Fast forward 6 years later on the parking lot at Ho’okipa on Maui’s North Shore. I am listening to pro windsurfers Robby Swift and Victor Fernandez’s love story of Chile; how they scored amazing waves and finally bought some land where a guy called Felipe is about to design their dream home! That was enough of a sign to reconnect with our old Chilean friend. To cut a long story short, Carine and I had a 15 minute Skype meeting with Felipe and his wife Barbara who now have two kids the same age as our daughters. Felipe will be waiting for us at the airport in Santiago early March. He will take us to their home south and spend five days showing us around before taking off for Maui. How does that sound for a plan?
