Hey, I'm Raya
And this is hopefully the story of how I'm gonna surprise my boyfriend my boyfriend
Louie is currently doing a three month trip around the world in a six seater plane with his friend and pilot JP over the past
Two months I've only seen him twice for about 24 hours each, so it's been really brutal
But we have been talking about where we can meet up along the way and the place
We've been saying for a while is Australia as far as he knows I've applied for my visa
And I'm waiting to see if I get it the truth is I already have my visa
and I'm actually planning to surprise him in Bali which is where they're gonna be right before they go to Australia and
JP said that I could fly with them from Bali to Australia and spend that whole time with them as well
There's just one problem a week before my flight the biggest volcano in Bali started showing signs of imminent eruption
Thankfully everyone within 12 kilometers the volcano has been evacuated, so hopefully no one will get hurt
But the chance of flights being disrupted or cancelled and these upcoming days is extremely high
There have been hundreds of earthquakes every day and there have been a hundred and fifty thousand people that have evacuated
so
Yeah, it's not looking good
Thank you so much
Security line
Holy crap I've never seen anything like this. Oh my gosh it keeps going
Thankfully I'm two-and-a-half hours early, and I needed to be so
Whoa?
It goes all the way around and over here, this is literally like thousands of people
Oh my gosh. I hope two and a half hours is enough time
It's currently 7:05. Just got in line let's see how long this takes.
Oh my gosh you guys, I totally should have just filmed that but my last fight, the like 12 hour one
got in at 4:46 and this fight is leaving at 5:30
And I have to like go through security again and stuff so I ran here, thought I was going to miss it
But thankfully I'm on the plane and this one's nine and a half hours. I think so, it's gonna be brutal
So far, we've got a whole row if no one sits here then I can sleep.
That would be amazing.
Made it to Bali! oh my gosh two days later
I made it to Bali! oh my gosh
It feels so good to be here
And I've showered to put a little bit of makeup on so I kind of feel like a real human again
Umm, But yeah, okay, so on the surprise
those flights -- that was kind of hard because
normally Louis and I talk
all the time so for me to take like that amount of time away from talking to him
I had to think of an excuse for the 12-hour flight
Thankfully it was nighttime in New York, so I was like I'm so tired
I'm gonna sleep a lot, so I pretend that I slept for that whole time
But then for the next one I had to be like oh, I'm going for a walk with my parents
So I'm gonna leave my phone behind and like just be really present
So I think he bought that now I had a little bit of a panic in between the two flights
Basically, there's this woman who's helping out, um, the guys like book accommodation and visas and stuff on the trips kind of helping produce
this world flight
and I assumed that she knew about the --
the surprise because
I've told tons of people and like all the girls that work for LTA and I thought they told her
Basically, I messaged her and was like hey. Do you know where the guys are staying in Bali?
I just want to see like if I can book another room for me and Louis there
And I guess she messaged Louis was like hey is there a room for Raya where you're staying?
so... Louis messaged me and was like
Oh my gosh, you're gonna be in Bali! and JP was freaking out
But, um
Basically, I was able to spin it and say because I don't have my visa yet
I was kind of maybe looking into going to Bali as like Plan B
In case the visa doesn't work out, but you're only gonna be there for a few days
so this kind of point, so I think that's like what I said to him, and I think he believed me and since then I've
Sent him a picture of me and my dog Sophie in bed
Which I took in Montreal. Like I just sent it a couple hours ago and was like
Aww cuddling up with Sophie like wish you were here
so hopefully
he buys that and
I feel like from my experience guys aren't usually as, like, they don't pick up on these things as much
I like -- I don't know, I think girls are more likely to
Figure this stuff out more and guys are like you know whatever
They just like go with the flow. So I'm really hoping that he believed me.
But that was definitely the biggest scare that we've had so far
And if it got ruined now like literally hours before it happened. It would suck. It's been like a month and a half of
planning so yeah. That's where I'm at now
Currently, let me show you, this is so handy
Basically if you're ever gonna be planning a surprise
Having the other person like track
Literally live track where they are is the handiest thing ever so I don't know if you've seen but on the Beyond Borders
website they have a live like track us in real time thing so I can see where they are and
This right here. This is Bali. So they're getting pretty close, and I can see like exactly when they're gonna be here and stuff
So I think about a few hours now, so I'm gonna go get some food
And then I need to figure out like where I'm gonna hide and hide the cameras and stuff because yeah
I just don't want anything to give this away, but that's the update and a surprise right now
Yeah, I'll see you guys a little bit when the guys are close.
Bali!
(mouthing) He doesn't know yet! He has no idea
Well like I said this morning
We we have Raya waiting and Louis has no idea like zero. It's so good. It's kind of sad because he's like
Said no, we have no plans. We just want to chill just want him
Yeah, he's gonna chill. He's gonna definitely enjoy having Ry around.
And yeah, I'm excited.
This is it guys! The boys have landed!
and I have the find-your-friends thing on, um, Iphone
Louis, and I connected, like, months ago.
So I can see where he is, so I'll be able to see him driving up and know when to hide, but yeah
I'm gonna hide in there and just jump out I guess
I'm like really nervous/excited. My heart's beating really fast. This is definitely the biggest surprise I've ever
done. So hopefully he has no idea and like no part of him suspects it.
So this is where he's gonna walk in and I'll just jump out of there, and I've got one camera there
And I think I'll put this one down here
Just try to get a few different angles
There's Louie, and there's me it's like five minutes away. I'm so nervous right now.
You're happy for us to film everything like last time?
-Yeah, yeah
-Excited Louie?
-I'm excited. I'm excited. You guys aren't ready for this place.
It's gonna blow you away.
-No you're not ready.
You might remember this place from last time.
Here we are.
Look at that treehouse deck up there.
Yeah, this is just as beautiful as I remember
Do you have any other guests staying here? - No
This is where we're staying the next few days
in the beach house
Oh yeah, this is the vibe.
so did you say those two rooms?
-So that's your room
Okay, cool, yeah.
Got you!
What!?
Oh. My. Gosh. What the heck? oh, I had no idea.
Because Natalie said something to me
And I was like -- I was like --
I was like if Raya's
coming she would have told me and then Natalie was like she didn't tell me to give a secret and I was like
No, I never know so - you totally threw me off oh
No, you totally got me.
oh my heart is racing yeah
You made it. How did you make it?
You threw me off so much cuz you're like "going for a walk, and my dad"
I'm like huh,
-You know what's the craziest thing?
Yeah?
-You bought your ticket a month ago.
-Yeah, I got my Australian visa like over a month ago
-And we arrived on the day that you...
My gosh
I can't believe it
Do you know what's funny? Is that I saw this as we're coming in and it still didn't click.
I was like "who's left the camera in here?"
And I was like "the cameras rolling!"
And I thought you'd put it here because you're like gonna surprise us up with something in the room.
This is the best package ever.
Cuz you know what? Even when I arrived was like I wish Raya could have come.
I was like "this would be so nice"
Oh
shock
Did you know?
-Yeah
Yeah, Natalie almost ruined it but she's still...
So were you always...
free? cuz I thought...
-yeah, I mean, I was...
-I thought you were still in Montreal.
-Yeah. No, I mean I planned it around this
-That's so good
I'm totally shocked. I'm totally shocked.
And it works so well with all the cameras rolling cuz you're like everyone's filming because
We're in this beautiful house as well. It's not like suspicious.
I can't believe it. Oh my god. I just can't believe you're here
I need to sit down.
Guys we did it! We pulled it off.
-I can't believe it. Honestly, like, the biggest surprise event of my life.
-Yeah, I've never seen you that shocked
Thank you so much!
I don't know how to put you in frame
-Wait, let me get down
wait okay, oh
That was so good. I was like over a month in planning.
-You pulled it off very good.
Yeah, it doesn't feel real that we're here now.
No, this whole time I'm like "is this a dream?"
I'm so happy
This is gonna make
This last few days in Bali and then Australia like a hundred times better. I'm excited to do the world fly anyway
But I think the number one thing I've struggled with is like being apart from you.
so now like my life's complete