No lies - it's truly sunny Mexico .
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 :)
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 :)
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:
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:)
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 :)
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 :)
Local sellers would stay on a beach for a whole day.
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.
This was our dinner view :)
Take a look at these photos and I hope you can see how big these waves were.
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.
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 :)
Hanging off a bridge .
PART II
Ice cream stop at Whistler is almost a must. I think no matter what time of the year it is, you always will stop there and will get at least one scoop of this delicious treat :) So we did it! Check mark - YES! Another popular thing is to take a photo next to Olympic rings. Guess what?! We did that too :) We also had a drink in a patio with a view to Blackcomb and Whistler mountains. This is were our trip changed. Our lovely waitress asked about our plans etc. etc. Then she gave us a tip to visit Brandywine Falls on our way back. I've never heard about it and we felt intrigued by this place. I checked on maps and it was on a way back to Vancouver so we all decided to stop there after our lunch.
sweet sweet treat :)
check mark
I was shocked when I saw this waterfall. This little shallow creek that you can see below turns into this huuuuge waterfall. Can you believe this? Smart internet says it's 70m hight. Impressive! And then this creek goes further into this beautiful valley which reminded me a lot of Lithuania. So yes, if you are bored or want to see a waterfall make a stop at Brandywine Falls. It's also possible to get all the way to the base but we decided to skip this time because none of us were prepared for it. Brandywine Falls I will come again! ;P
My new studio in the forest :)
Haha, last but not least spot for our long day was Cyprus Mountain. We do come here once in a while with Youn and it's nice look out view to Vancouver :)
Tribute to food .
While being in Korea I ate so much gooooood food that is hard to believe. Everytime we would go somewhere we would buy a snack from street vendors. All I heard - did you try? Try this or try that, You MUST have that.... My belly was never dissapointed! My favourite dish became home made Pallock soup that now I make myself back in Vancouver :) Take a look at some of these food photos and go get some Korean dish! :)
Gimbap - Korean sushi version
Casual night out. The best thing that to go out eat is really cheap :)
In these bowls you can see my favourite Pallock soup :)))
We had this soft tofu dish with Makgeolli after our little hiking trip :)
Pit stop while shopping.
Aileen's mom prepared us all this feast!! :)
