Two "Dreams" Come True in Bora

When I was in the third grade, I had a skateboard. I was pretty good at it but, nothing close to great.

During my early adult years, I tried surfing once in Baler, Aurora. I couldn’t get up on the board. I couldn’t even get both feet up on the board without crashing back down in the ocean water. It was scary being up in the air with the water so far below. 

About two years ago, I discovered the existence of the skim board. I googled for information and pictures. And I thought, "I could do that." It didn’t seem too difficult. All you need is about half an inch of sea water and you surf on the sand itself and not out in the ocean, high above the waves. So I went out in search of a skim board at all the local mall-based sports shops. I couldn’t find any. Not even one. They sold wake boards, paddle boards, kayaks, skateboards, surf boards even. But no skim boards.

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Our "Great" Adventures and One Big Mistake

The next morning (Thursday, July 26), we woke up later than planned. We ate our breakfast at the hotel and then went off to seek some adventures.

Dad and Tito Armand decided to stay in and just watch TV in their hotel rooms. (What a waste! Hehe.)

Michelle, Yayi, and I decided to head out to find kayaks to rent. We rented three at Sand Castles. Cost us P150 per hour each.

We were going to head off and row ourselves to Station 1 but, Michelle didn't quite know how to row so we stuck around the area.  I rode off alone later and circled a boat.

Our muscles ached after one hour of rowing! Especially mine since I rowed straight through the hour!

Our big mistake was to rent a Flyfish boat after one full hour of kayaking. BIG MISTAKE!

We put on lifevests. I put on my goggles (since I wear contact lenses). We headed off into sea laughing and smiling thinking how cool it is to be bouncing around on a Flyfish boat. We didn't anticipate what was coming. 

As the boat turned and headed against the wind, it began picking up speed. As it did so, the Flyboat went up to a 90 degree angle! And we had to cling on with our aching hands and arms and shaking legs! I was at the left side; Michelle was at the middle; Yayi was at the right side. The middle allows you to step on both sides. On the left and right sides however, only one foot gets to step on the Flyfish boat.

So there I was, clinging on with barely any strength left. The kayaking zapped up all my energy. Left my arms painfully aching, too. My left leg was slipping further and further down and I couldn't hold it up. I had to decide. I was thinking that if I clung on and my left left fell all the more, then I'd be left with my hands just clinging on and it would be even more "dangerous" for me to hold on thinking I might twist my body up or something. So I decided to just leg go . . . 

As I hit the water, I tumbled around several times. In the process, my goggles came off. I'm not sure if I was able to close my eyes or not. After a while, I'm sure I did. Good thing I didn't lose my goggles. I lost my left eye's contact lens however.

I was hauled up the boat and I then asked Yayi to check my eyes, especially the one that lost the contact lens. It had a red spot of blood on the white portion. Not a good sign. It wasn't hurting so I decided it was still all right to finish the ride. 

We began our second round. This time, I got to sit in the middle, exchanging seats with Michelle.  This time around, I was able to remain on board. It was Michelle's turn to fall off.

We fished her out and rested a bit on the boat.

Flyfishing looks real fun as we watched it happening safely from the shore. I wasn't having too much fun doing it. I got a bit dizzy just staring at the yellow rubber that was right in front of my face when the Flyfish was at a 90-degree angle. I had to turn my head either to the left or to the right to get a glimpse of the ocean but, that got me dizzy even more.

We had one more round after Michelle's fall and we requested the boat driver to go slower and angle the Flyfish less than 90 degrees. That round was safe and fun. Haha. No one fell off.

We had a few more shots taken before we got off the Flyfish.

Then we headed back to the hotel to eat the lunch we needed. We were all weak and famished.

The Flyfish cost us P350 each.

Boracay looked only half pretty with only my right eye giving me 20/20 vision.

 (M.E.'s flyfish boating eye injury)

A New Way to "Pick Up" a Guy

I'm back home in Manila now. Been here since Friday night. I went online again the next night, our second night in Bora, but I didn't get to go blogging. I merely uploaded the pictures I took with my digital camera to my flash drive and then checked on my accounts.

This is a continuation of where I left off in my previous blog (Havin' a Ball in Bora).

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