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Our Honeymoon – Boracay II

Hi, everyone! Jo here! I know, you’re probably wondering why it’s me instead of Bo but unfortunately she’s just too busy recently to do any blogging, so I volunteered myself… and let me start by saying, this is hard.

How the hell does she do it constantly? Gosh, I’ve already ran outta things to type, imagine that. Fortunately for me, Bo has already arranged the pics for this post so I shall narrate accordingly! Anyway, so at this point we’ve spent our first actual day in Boracay doing absolutely nothing. And, it was awesome, ‘cause when you’re used to the busy working routine, any short break is priceless. We did however come across brochure for a day trip to Ariel’s Point and the main attraction was cliff diving.

OK, rewind to a few trips back, we went island kayaking in Krabi, Thailand, and I always joke that that was probably the biggest test of our relationship. Imagine doing all the kayaking 70% of the time, in rough seas, trying not to crash into cliff walls, all the while dealing with a hysterical, screaming girl. Not good memories, so when we saw cliff diving, I told Bo, no!

Sigh, as usual I couldn’t convince her otherwise, so here goes. We were supposed to meet at Ariel’s Bar in Station 1 at 11am, so we woke up real early, got ready, and headed over. Here’s another view of our hotel, and White Beach, right at our doorstep.

It was an absolutely beautiful day and the water was perfectly warm.

We were a little early so we headed a few doors down the beach to Johnny’s Fruit Shakes for a light breakfast. Pre-eating routine involves camwhoring.

In the Phillipines, they call these shakes, but to us they are known as smoothies, so we were confused at first. Here’s an ice lemon tea shake and it was awesome in the hot weather!

Headed over to Ariel’s Bar to register and take a few more pics while waiting to depart.

We took a traditional wooden boat and the journey would eventually take an hour and a half. When we got onto the boat, they started handing out plastic bags and we were instructed to keep our electronics and valuables in them ‘cause the weather was expected to be a little rough.

WTF, it would turn out to be the most understated thing ever. When we got out to sea, the waves were literally 10-15 feet high and the boat was rocking up and down, in and then over the waves. Holy shit, it was like a roller coaster ride, except with no seat belts to hold you in. Countless sinking ship scenes from numerous movies flashed through my mind like a movie trailer. If you thought being a pirate was glamorous, rubbish that dream. Whenever the boat went over the crest of a wave and started falling, everyone on board was like WOOOAAHHH. No shit, imagine doing that for an hour +.

Thanks to Bega for lending us this awesome waterproof iPhone case! We took many, many, under water pictures, and they turned out great. Here’s an example and head over to Bo’s Instagram feed to check out more pics (@bobostephanie)!

Finally got to Ariel’s Point, which is on another island. I was half dead and suffering from motion sickness, so luckily the weather cleared up a little when we were near.

There were boards at 5 meters, 8 meters, and 15 meters to jump off of. It doesn’t sound like much, but trust me, once you step on the edge and look down, you will be terrified. My heart was racing but I knew I couldn’t think too much about it, so I queued up for the 8 meter plunge. When it was my turn, I just stepped up on the board, ran to the edge and jumped off. Although it was only about 26 feet, it seemed like time completely stopped and I felt like I was in the air for 5 mins. Something like The Matrix. That was the scariest shit ever and I swear if I had thought about it first, I wouldn’t have done it. Immediately I made up my mind that I had reached my limit and I wouldn’t do the 15 meter. Twice as high leh. WTF.

See where the girl in the green bikini is standing? That’s 15 meters!

Then it was Bo’s turn, hahaha. She stepped up on the 5 meter board and she said, “OK, no matter what, I’m going to jump off this damn board!” Then, nothing happened. She walked out to the edge, froze, and walked back. She repeated this process for a good few minutes, and I told her to come down. She decided to do it later.

Here’s a look at the boat we took to the island.

Eventually, Bo tried the 5 meter board again but yet again she hesitated. I told her it was nothing and made a deal with her to jump together. I ended up in the water and she was no where to be seen. Then she decided, OK, gonna jump off from the stairs! Don’t need me to say lah, she didn’t jump again. At this point I gave up and told her lets just walk down to the shore and go kayaking.

She was brave enough to jump off the raft which was probably 0.1 meters high……… Then, this time, afraid of being scolded again, she actually did some rowing.

Pretty shot of the sunset over White Beach. The real story, however, was how we got back here. If you think the trip to Ariel’s Point was bad, the trip back to Boracay was 3X worse. The 2 guides sat in the front row of the boat put on raincoats, life jackets, and goggles. We thought that they were just fooling around but it turned out that we were the fools. It started raining and the waves were even higher than before, so whenever the boat hit a wave, water came splashing in hard. We had to endure this for another hour and a half!

Bo was craving for Korean BBQ (there are numerous Korean food outlets due to the high number of Korean tourists there) so we went back, showered and went out for dinner. I bought this playsuit for her from ASOS a while ago. Neon bag from a Thai designer label from Paragon.

That’s it, gonna hand the blogging duties back to Bo for the next post! Hope I did OK and also that she’ll appreciate it!

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27 Comments

  • Reply Lim

    It’s a welcome surprise to see Jo guest blogging! So cute of you to do that! 😀

    March 10, 2013 at 8:30 pm
  • Reply Yulihung

    Nice blog posted^^

    March 10, 2013 at 8:32 pm
  • Reply MissyMiyen

    very nice style of blogging! I like it!

    March 10, 2013 at 8:34 pm
  • Reply Sheirly Wong

    I laugh like mad when reading the post! Cuz the way he posted or wrote is quite diff from the previously that bo posted! But it is a very nice and interesting post! Hope to read again soon! 🙂

    March 10, 2013 at 8:43 pm
  • Reply Sarah

    I enjoyed the post. Your writing is impeccable.

    March 10, 2013 at 8:52 pm
  • Reply sam

    i like your style of blogging. woots

    March 10, 2013 at 10:01 pm
  • Reply kahying93

    I actually enjoyed reading Jo’s post A LOT. so entertaining that i was laughing. and also, we could see the real side of bo haha (from Jo’s perspective)ni went south africa last dec and did one of the highest gorge swing in the world (happen to stay near the place), it was more than 100m high so i could totally imagine how you feel during the free fall. but then in the end of the fall i had a swing, while you didnt :O nstay awesome, you both! :))

    March 10, 2013 at 10:26 pm
  • Reply elsa

    Good job from a good hubs. Well done, you both!

    March 10, 2013 at 10:40 pm
  • Reply thatgirlnamedmandy

    Nice blogging style Jo! enjoyed the whole post from the beginning to the end! very entertaining

    March 10, 2013 at 10:42 pm
  • Reply Bobostephanie

    Thank you everyone!! ♡♡♡

    March 10, 2013 at 10:44 pm
  • Reply ms.bulat

    hahah very fun to read from the other half’s point of view! really wouldnt mind a JO weekly update 😀

    March 10, 2013 at 11:00 pm
  • Reply Clariz

    This is sooo cute! Agree that Jo is very good narrating. I think he should start making a blog too! Haha. So proud that you guys enjoyed Boracay, me being from the Philippines. 🙂

    March 10, 2013 at 11:55 pm
  • Reply Stella' Lexy

    Jo should guest blog more! 😀 so we now see Jo’s perspective of Bo and it’s hilarious. Jo definitely did a good job! XD

    March 11, 2013 at 4:23 am
  • Reply Jessica

    I am in love with Jo’s style of blogging! Jo did a good job! Hope to see more of Jo’s blogging!! 🙂

    March 11, 2013 at 10:19 am
  • Reply Biatch

    Stop going beach and put make up at the same time… Are you going to swim or take photo… Wake up your idea please… Two Thumbs DOWN

    March 11, 2013 at 10:34 am
  • Reply Ping Ping

    OK, gonna cancel out this place from my dream list. I would probably puke all the way to the island and back. =P

    March 11, 2013 at 10:40 am
  • Reply kell

    great couple you two are…he is good in writing…thumb up!

    March 11, 2013 at 11:16 am
  • Reply Nicole

    Bo, u must b proud to have jo as hubby..cos he’s asking u come back instead of push u down =D

    March 11, 2013 at 6:35 pm
  • Reply anon

    enjoyed reading the post! thumbs up to Jo!

    March 11, 2013 at 10:02 pm
  • Reply anon

    enjoyed reading the post! thumbs up to Jo!

    March 11, 2013 at 10:02 pm
  • Reply vivian

    I like the way u like, Jo! so funny

    March 12, 2013 at 11:41 pm
  • Reply Anonymous

    Well-written post! So interestinggggggg! 🙂

    March 16, 2013 at 2:27 am
  • Reply ahlost

    first time here and i enjoy reading this blogpost.. good job.. gonna add this blog to my daily reading list 😀

    March 25, 2013 at 9:11 am
  • Reply Sharon

    Boracay is bora bora island?

    March 28, 2013 at 11:34 am
  • Reply Bobostephanie

    nop… I dont think so..

    March 29, 2013 at 9:40 am
  • Reply Bobostephanie

    hmmm u dont think so

    March 29, 2013 at 9:41 am
  • Reply Little Biswas

    Just started follow ur blog! Like the way you blog!

    April 2, 2013 at 12:27 am
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