Unusual episode. It's more of an Adventure Vlog because I've been on this
island alone for 5 days.
We decided to share this story. This is one of the most amazing places I've been
in my entire life. I've been living here alone for 5 days. Let me introduce you
to this dead ca fur. It's not really a cat. It's just called that. With the sound
of the waves and the wind, I want to make sure that you can hear me. So, getting
here was an adventure. I mean I took a plane ride from Manila out to the remote
island of El Nido. And then I had to take a boat. And the boat... Let's just say it
was strapped together with string and it worked well halfway. It broke down. We had
to sit there for about a half hour while the mechanic fixed the boat. There are
2 guys. And and then we made it the rest of the way here. Half my stuff I put
in waterproof bags. The other stuff we just put in a garbage bag so that we
could kayak it from the boat to the beach. Because there's not a dock here. Now,
the beach itself I looked out because I want to look at the sand while I'm talking about the beach.
Naturally foreign beaches. It's just so cool that out in the middle of nowhere,
there's these islands. Then every once in a while there's there's a sandy beach on
it. Now, this is really cool because there's just kind of like a little cove
right here. You go down about 20 feet and the sand stops and if there's
solid rock on the bottom there. So, similar to the lava rock that you see
around me. The jagged lava rock is one of the most stunning features of this place.
It just like shoots straight up. Just to have sheer walls coming right out of the
water is beautiful. And then I also love that there's trees growing right out of
the rock wall. So, the sheer rock cliff and there's trees growing out of it just
making it beautiful.
So, this is one bangle is. This is the beach that I've been living on for the
last 5 days. I want to show you what's right off the beach. So, I'm going to hang on
to this rope because there's waves that come in here and whatnot. And I can just hang
on while I snorkel. And then I don't have to worry about the current dragging me
anywhere.
Now, to add to that, about once a month, monkeys will come to this part of the
island. And I happen to be here when the monkeys came. So, there's the whole family,
a dozen or more of them that I could see that swinging in the branches and eating
the fruit.
So, let me give you a tour of my bungalow. There's a steep kind of ladder staircase
coming up. I've got this amazing patio area here that I've really enjoyed
that's been my work area and it's been a place where I could stretch and just
lean over the railing and ponder. I've got a very comfortable bed and there's a
bug net. At night for a couple of hours there's a moment where some bugs come
out. Actually hasn't been too bad. But when I sleep I've got a bug net so I
don't have to worry about that. And then there's there's a bathroom. There's
actually running water. There's a toilet and a shower and a sink. Now, the
water that comes out of the faucet or the shower comes from a well. But the
water itself is still a little salty. So, they have this bin on the side with
fresh water that after I'm done showering, I can then rinse myself and
just rinse the rest of the salt off. A side notice I see another big ant right
there. The ants here are really big.
Now, I say I'm alone on the island. There's actually 2 other people that
live here permanently and they just care for the guests.
Now, there's 3 bungalows here. I'm the only guest. So, there's no one else
staying here other than the people that are making food for me and treating me
like a king. In fact, I can see right now they've got lunch ready for me.
I eat whole food plant-based which is healthy vegan. Everything that they've
made for me has been vegan. They have added oil and stuff but it's been so
delicious I feel so privileged to be here. Again, they're treating me like a
king. Now and I've taken some breaks from writing. I've gone out on a kayak. I've
gone alone and explored a little bit. Yesterday, the caretaker here actually
took me on the kayak out to the secret beach. I can see there's a rock formation
out there that looks like a dragon. You just go around that dragon and then all
of a sudden, there are sheer walls on both sides with ocean water in between. A
couple feet deep when we were there. I mean, the tide changes I guessed near
there 2 or 3 feet deep. And then you just kayak between these sheer walls.
You come around a corner and there's the hidden beach or the secret beach. And so,
we snorkelled around there for about an hour and just lost some amazing fish.
It's really really neat. I feel like I'm in one of the coolest places on the
planet.
Tops the charts. I've never been to another secret beach quite like this.
And it's just just unreal. Okay, this is amazing. This awesome man just brought me
to hidden beach and as you saw the footage, we went through... to get
here. And this Beach is just amazing. Wow! Cave.
This is that cave I came to the other day at high tide. Now, let's go look
through it at low tide.
Something else that's been one of my favorite things to do while I'm here is
to go down into the water at night. Now, there's been a full moon or close to a
full moon every night that I've been here. I think last night was the actual
full moon. To see the moon's reflection on the water and to stand on the sand
and when the wave comes in to fill myself sink in the sand a little bit. And
when it gets late enough, bats come out. These bats are huge. hese aren't just
bats. These are like flying foxes. I've heard them call that before. I think
that's an official name. I don't know if that's what these are in this island but
they're like flying rats. So, one of the biggest reasons that I came here and
secluded myself. In fact, you see my workstation, my computer, my cell phone, I
don't have internet. I'm not connected at all. I just have power. That's one thing I
was worried about. I didn't know how much of the day I'd have power because
there's a solar panel on the roof. They have a generator but I've had power
non-stop. I can charge anything that I want. For one, it's been really nice to be
disconnected from everything. Meaning no communication, no internet, no
social media. Nothing at all and I've been able to focus and do a couple
things. One, I'm really excited about the progress I'm making on my book. I'm
writing an epic book series. Just think on the lines of Harry Potter,
okay? Completely different story but that's the type of epic creation I'm
putting together. I've been working on it for the last 4 months. But in the
dates that I've been here, I've made way more progress. The stories really come
together that the characters, it's just it's fun. Like I'm really getting to know
the characters as I'm right about these experiences. Now, the other
big thing is I've just had a lot of time to reflect and really think. And I feel
that I've grown a lot. I feel like I've become a better person since being here.
It's interesting the biggest lesson that I've learned is that I really like
myself. I think there's some areas where I really judged myself and I feel more
free. Just being here, being by myself being with myself. I've gained freedom
and I've come to like myself even more. I like who I am. I'm glad that I kind of
pampered myself and for a few days. Just to be here on the island by myself. I
wish my wife would take an opportunity like this. I wish everyone would take an
opportunity like this to really come and take some time to think. To be pampered
and to be alone. Okay, I've got 2 more things to show you. Actually 3. One, I
found this little guy. Hi! Ouch. Okay, I let him go. I also found some really cool
treasures that I'm excited about. And I found a jungle. I want to go see the
jungle. Just behind hidden beach, there's this thick amazing jungle. I'm expecting an anaconda across
my path at any moment. It's like there was a hut or something
back here at one point.
And it's a heck of a journey to get here. But this is one of the most miraculous
amazing places on the planet. And I hope you enjoyed this episode. You know, since
this is a Vlog. I have another Vlog that I created on my trip to Shanghai. It's
one of my favorite Vlogs that I've ever created. So, if you want to see another
good episode like this one, go ahead and watch that one now. My Shanghai trip.