Thursday, 12 March 2015

Kiss and tell

Dress: Diane Von Furstenberg (Similar here)
Shoes: Nelly (Similar here)
Bag: Gracious Aires (Similar here)
Sunglasses: Karen Walker
Ring: Jessica Buurman
So guess what? This post is going to be both a fashion and a travel post. Because this is my blog and I make the rules. And in fact, I'm not even going to try to link the clothes to the fact that I went to Rawa over the weekend because the segway would probably be something like "oh see these lips, they remind me of kissing, which reminds me of the time when my classmate had mono, which is also known as the kissing disease, and sometimes there are diseases in the tropics, and wait what was I talking about, forget it. RAWA!" 

RaWAAAAA so nice!
As per Wiki, "Rawa Island is a coral island off the east coast of Johor, Malaysia, 16 km by boat from Mersing town". It's 16km by boat and if you were in a boat like ours, it would take about a half hour but would feel approximately like 3 hours in hell. My motion sickness isn't great and after about 4-5 hours in a rented mini-van from Singapore to Mersing, it felt like MURDERRRR. 
Thank you for your warm welcome
There are only 2 resorts on the island, the side with aircon, warm water and an intense water slide, and the side without. We stayed on the side without and I thought I was really going to be roughing it out but you know what? It was totally comfortable. And now because I love listing points:
  1. The room was shared between four of us but it had plenty of space and we had a balcony area to hang out on
  2. There was sweet, glorious electricity, and multiple fans to keep us cool
  3. They provided amenities like body soap and mosquito coils
  4. There was desalinated (but still kinda salty) water for showering
  5. Wifi, though not super strong and stable, was available at the lounge area
  6. They provided plenty of yummy food every meal and pretty much had every kind of beverage for sale
  7. I only got one mosquito bite the whole trip (2 nights, one full and a half days) and no sandfly bites. This is a miracle which means my voodoo magic is working and you'll soon be worshipping me as a goddess. 
  8. Who needs a slide anyway?
Super important dream catcher so we don't get nightmares. Bonus sexy legs.
If you're looking for a chilled out beach getaway where you can sleep and eat, Rawa is the pefect place for you! There's not that much to do there to be honest. The following are things I did: 
Took selfies
Got drunk, danced a bit, vomited, fell asleep in a hammock
Climbed a hill (Thanks to Jakie for this and the next pic)
Went for a dip in the sea. I cropped this because my friend's butt was also in the pic and I didn't want to invade her butt privacy
Disturbed the resort dog Daisy who wouldn't stay still long enough for a proper picture
Mimicked the sound of peacocks: kinda like a screaming cat
Read a book in a hammock
The resort also lends snorkeling and kayaking equipment for free, and there's a volleyball net and balls for the brave (honestly, the thought of playing volleyball in a bikini is just horrifying. There's no support for the ladies!!) and they also have a bunch of books and magazines for people to borrow. 

And if you needed more persuasion to make Rawa your next weekend getaway...
Friend time!
Some more helpful hints:
  1. You can arrange for transport from Singapore, across the causeway to the Mersing jetty with the resort if you don't already have your own transport.
  2. Bring sunblock, the sun is cray. 
  3. Get your ringgit ready because it's cash-only
  4. The resort has all kinds of food and drink and they will charge you tax or corkage for any alcohol you bring, not that they'll search your bags or anything but honesty is the best policy y'all
  5. If you have leftover alcohol, you can bring it back to Singapore but it should preferably be opened already so you won't have to pay tax for it
  6. Bring a spare change of clothes for after the ferry ride back. For some reason, the ferry that brought us back had zero cover and the driver went so fast that we were drenched by the time we reached the jetty. I ended up having to change into my pajamas for the mini-van ride back to Singapore because I had no clean dry clothes left.
Thanks for reading! I hope you'll enjoy Rawa as much as I did!

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