I Took My American Boyfriend to the PHILIPPINES for the FIRST TIME 🇵🇭 | El Nido Island Hopping

It was about time to bring my boyfriend to one of my favorite places in the world, El Nido in the Philippines. Hi, welcome to Big Lagoon! Welcome to Big Lagoon, let's go! And the unexpected happened. First time in the Philippines, first time stung by a jellyfish. But the beauty of El Nido made up for it. How do you like it? Super nice. Lunch hits differently here. Alright, this is going to be our lunch spot. It's not bad at all, I would say. Not bad, right? This is so good. We might even see some reef sharks here. And the tour guide assured me they would be nice. They are vegetarian. Yes, but they don't eat people. Good morning from El Nido! Today we are going to do tour A, which I haven't done so far. I've been to El Nido many times, but this is the first for me. So I'm super, super excited. I also have my boyfriend with me. And it's going to be his first time exploring the Philippines and seeing the beautiful nature here. So that's going to be exciting. Hopefully, it will clear up. The weather is looking fine. But otherwise, let's go. We arrived in Big Lagoon. We are going to take a kayak to explore the inner parts of the island. We made it. Hi, welcome to Big Lagoon. Welcome to Big Lagoon. Let's go. Look at the water. So nice. Oh my goodness. It's so freaking beautiful. How do you like it? Super nice. Super nice, right? Oh, this is so good. Yeah? Yeah, that's life. Welcome! Big Lagoon was definitely a good first stop to get a first impression of this paradise. But we didn't know what was about to come. Okay, we made it back to the boat. We have a patient here. There was an incident with a jellyfish. And... Jellyfish. Good job, love. Definitely not what we wanted. But are you feeling okay? So when they say it stinks a little bit... Yeah, a little bit. A little bit. He was like, ah, it hurts so much. Yeah, we have a crew that is going to help us out here on the boat. Okay, we made it to Secret Lagoon. This is one spot where you have to swim to the beach. Which is fine because the water is just heavenly. I just have to keep an eye open for some jellyfish. Oh wow, this looks tight. Watch your head. Don't make the hole bigger. Don't scratch the stone because stone is expensive. Expensive stone? Yeah. We made it. Secret Lagoon. Wanna say hi to the vlog? Yes, hi. Secret Lagoon. Welcome to Secret Lagoon. I guess I'll just go to the beach that is outside. Just chill a little bit. This is so pretty with the limestone on top. Wow. I love the Secret Lagoon because I saw there is this beautiful beach. Oh, jellyfish. Right here. I'm going to have a look. Lots of limestones again. Look at this. This is gorgeous. We have an island dog here. Hi, kitty. How did you make it to this island? Hello. Hi, island kitty. Wow. Insane. What? Look at this. How? It's just so pretty. I think this is the prettiest beach I've been to in El Nido so far. Yeah, honestly, Secret Lagoon, you can skip that one because it's basically just this little rock formation. 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I've done these tours so many times and still every time I arrive here I'm just like, what? It's just so pretty. It's really stunning. I mean, blue skies, turquoise waters, beautiful nature, the limestones are incredible, the beach. There we go, we have some fish, some noodles. Beer delivery! Wow, San Miguel! Thank you! Yeah, this is how it works here on the island. You have a boat delivery and all of the food that they bring they take it back again so no trash is left behind. And when you are here also, please take your trash because we want to keep this place pristine as is. I've been to El Nido like I said so many times and still I'm so blown away and the tour guides here are doing such an amazing job in preserving and educating that this place is in fact God's creation and we should keep it as beautiful as it is for many, many generations so that our children can also experience it the same way and hopefully when they watch this video someday it will be the same. And just like that, we're back on the boat. So Cuya, what's the name of the island? This island is called Semezu and the meaning of Semezu is a Japanese word, clean. Clean crystal water. Crystal clear waters, I mean, look at this. So blue. It's insane. It was really nice to have our lunch spot here and the next stop is? We're going to a snorkeling area. Yay! If you're lucky, you can see sharks or turtles. Keeping fingers crossed. I love sharks. My mom doesn't want me to go after them but I like them. Sharks? Sharks, yeah. But you have the white shark. The shark in the Philippines is very friendly. Very small. If you dive in Australia, the shark will eat you immediately. Okay, I will not dive in Australia but I know the sharks here are very friendly. We have a coral shark. And they are vegetarian. They don't eat people. So welcome to our first stop. So as you can see, this is Pinaglungaban Island. So we're doing a snorkeling activity now. We have 40 minutes. Wow, wow, wow. Better than swimming pool. Are you jumping? Okay, I'll film you jumping. Alright, I have made it to Seven Commando Beach. My GoPro hasn't because there was some water coming in. I didn't have the proper case for it so unfortunately I have to leave it to dry. So I'm vlogging on my iPhone. This place is known as Seven Commando Beach because there was a Japanese ship that sunk here in the bay and the name of it was Seven Commando. I mean the sand is super soft. We have some really nice palm trees in the background. The best view in the world. Can't complain. Okay, the boys are playing volleyball here. Seems like somebody won. I'm very happy about it. So there is actually a smoking area over there. We also have a bar here and something that you should be very aware of is not to lay right underneath the coconut tree because if they have coconuts it will most probably fall down and hit you really really badly. That happened to me. Luckily it landed on my butt but yeah, it's just a piece of advice. There's like so many people dying of coconuts. So it's currently sunny on this side and it's super super rainy on that side. You can barely see the island. So I guess the rain is coming our way but until then we're just going to enjoy the sun. Bye!