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On bikes in Seattle .

October 8, 2018

One Saturday we woke up and realized that something is weird. It’s not a regular Saturday. Our camera bags were lying empty in a closet and alarm did not go off. And!! I’m not trying to memorize bride’s and groom’s names. You know what that means? No wedding on a Saturday :) a little bit awkward but we started to think what we could do. We asked ourselves what regular people do on their day off? Our options were to explore Vancouver downtown, visit some breweries on bikes, maybe go to North Van… Second idea was to try to sneak in to the baseball game and the last one was why not to take bikes into ‘snow white’ and drive to Seattle. Ride bikes there, got to the Crab Pot and do other touristy stuff.

No need to guess which one we picked :) Bikes laying in a car we drove a car south! We found a free parking spot which was like a miracle, because parking is ridiculously expensive :/ Anyway, we decide to make a quick ride to the park which was near where we parked and the first thing we saw - photographer was doing a glamour session for a newly weds :) So we stood there and watch how he was working, made some comments to ourselves and moved on. Seemed quite a boring shoot :O

I was actually surprised how empty downtown in Seattle was! So many lanes for bikes and it seemed like it’s only two of us riding.

We did quite a bit though! Stopped for a sushi, then rode bikes to breweries and gum wall, visited fisherman’s harbour, went to eat seafood and then we decided to go and watch a movie :) oh, and of course we took a ride in a ferris wheel. All this day was so chill. We would decide what we wanna do and would go for it. No particular plan, just ride bikes and explore.

The other thing that stuck to my head was very unique architecture. Vancouver downtown is quite boring with same style buildings, but it’s not the same in Seattle. Maybe it’s just me for the first time visiting Seattle but I really liked what I saw :)

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lots of unique sculptures around downtown.

No, I didn’t leave gum on this wall ;P

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In outdoors, travel photography, trips, USA Tags bike, riding, Seattle, USA, trips, downtown, vacation, exploring
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No lies - it's truly sunny Mexico .

June 30, 2018

I love this photo a lot, it's simplicity and variations in form is something catchy. I try to find a reason what this cactus stands for. One of the first ideas is that this cactus represents me and my two sisters, one of them has a daughter (that's that baby cactus on top). Cute little niece :) The second idea is that you can take any path in your life and grow in different fields. That's why you have these different branches. The third one is from my childhood. mm~~ When I was growing up my mom had this one cactus on a table. At that time I thought what an ugly looking cactus it is and I couldn't understand why mom keeps it. Every time I would play around it, I would somehow hit it by accident (no lies!!). Eventually it started to get weaker and weaker from a wide base to a narrow top. My mom was unhappy about it, because she had to buy at least 5 new pots for it.... Couple years later when I stopped hitting it I saw the top part getting wider again. This is where I realized that no matter what reason is in your way you will probably get weak for some time, but if you have a strong believe and knowing where you are going you will get there. Sooner or later. I think I can apply this to my life as well. Somewhere deeply in my heart I saw myself (felt) as a photographer. I never truly believed it or I always had a self doubt about it while living in LT. Yes, changing environment helped me to accomplish my dream. And guess what? This post exists only because I had a chance to photograph a wedding in Mexico. A thing I could never imagine 5y ago happened to me.  I feel very very grateful for everything I've got so far and it's my big pleasure to give it back. To create and see those special moments and share with you :) 

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Our last couple trips didn't happen in a way it was supposed to, this trip to Mexico was on the list 'it's not gonna be on time'. I don't even remember what was the reason, but we couldn't make to our original layer over spot, so instead we flew to L.A., had a wonderfully delicious Poki at the airport and then continued our trip to Mexico :)

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I remember very well, when we landed I felt like I'm in this new world and everything looks great. It was hot, I was squinting so badly even a hat that I bought in Philippines couldn't help, couldn't see a cloud in the sky, just a lonely moon looking at us. Our hotel driver was playing some Mexican songs and it was a perfect beginning :) 

Next to our hotel entrance you could buy some snacks:

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I have never been in a resort where 'everything is included'. I was really amazed how big our hotel was, I loved this symmetrical look even though it gets boring after a bit, but at first you feel like you are in a huge palace wondering around:) 

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Refreshments while doing check in always feels good, right? :) The moment we got into our room I instantly wanted to switch into a dress and go to explore our palace. My 50mm lens came with me :)

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Feeling hot? :) Good, let's continue :)

Feeling hot? :) Good, let's continue :)

Seeing this pool next to the ocean I thought it is silly idea to have it there. You just go into the 'real' water..... And then I realized how naive I'm! They made this pool because it's impossible to get into the water. The waves are so high no one goes in there, but(!!) waves makes this beautiful sound while crashing into the shore. Never ending dance :)

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Local sellers would stay on a beach for a whole day. 

Local sellers would stay on a beach for a whole day. 

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A little corner of Mexican flora.

A little corner of Mexican flora.

We left beach in a hope to find food. The best we found was a random spot mobile kitchen where chief was making tacos. Good enough to kill hungriness. 

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This was our dinner view :)

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Take a look at these photos and I hope you can see how big these waves were.

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Meanwhile the entrance of the hotel was coloured in this golden sunset colour. Beautiful :)

Meanwhile the entrance of the hotel was coloured in this golden sunset colour. Beautiful :)

A little bit of a city view before going to bed.

A little bit of a city view before going to bed.

Honestly, this first day reminded me of the time we had in LA. So chill and warm, no work to do. Just a pleasure of wondering around :)

In beach, outdoors, travel photography, trips Tags Mexico, trips, outdoor activities, Central America
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Christmas on a mountain .

December 26, 2017

Dreams are coming true, especially on a snowy Christmas morning :) Recently I've been writing posts about our trip to Philippines but I can't skip this special day. I want to share my moments from our Christmas & birthday day. One of Youn's birthday presents was a trip to Sea to Sky Gondola located in Squamish. It's like an hour drive from Vancouver. 

We left pretty early in the morning. I was affraid of long line ups at the gondolas, but when we arrived it was pretty empty so it was really nice :) We took lots of photos with film camera. It was really great to walk on a snow and enjoy the scenery. Could it be better? Yes!!!! In one of the viepoints we had a little snack break and ate Youn's pre-made chicken salad sandwitch. I bet everyone who saw us eating it were jealous, haha :) I guess I lost some karma points for it but there is nothing better then to have a meal outdoors so every time we go somewhere we try to take some homemade snacks. 

I wish you Merry Christmas and lots of love hugs to everyone!


Baby it's cold outside but I found my Christmas magic on a mountain! :) 

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