Omi Around the Island

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Meagan

You’re probably sick of all of this stuff about Tahiti. Blah Blah Blah. Yes, I know. I mean, it’s been over a month since we got back. I really haven’t had much time to blog as of late. I apologize! I’m a horrible blogger. :(

Anyway, in the first week that we got to Tahiti, we were able to take a bus tour around the island.

With a few stops here and there, it took us about 5 hours to take the main road that goes all the way around. We stopped at a waterfall, saw an abandoned lighthouse, swam in a grotto, and even had time to eat at the Mcdonalds in Tahiti.

Here are some bus shots from my window:

First, we stopped at Point Venus:

We walked on a pretty nature trail:

Then, we went to a grotto filled with lilipads:

Stuck our feet in the water of a hollowed cave on the other side:

And we even ate at Mcdonalds for lunch! (Totally had to). It was actually pretty good. Notice the Mcbagette! Pretty pricey at $22 though. -_-

All in all, it was the perfect day! We got to see the entire island from the view of an air conditioned tour bus. Totally worth the $50.

We’re engaged!

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Meagan

This is the morning on the beach where he proposed:

Fresh

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Meagan

Tahiti is an island on the equator. It’s lush, green, and all natural. And the humidity gives the perfect environment for beautiful plants.

Since I started my garden 2 years ago, I’ve been desperately trying to grow island-looking flowers so I can use it to make fresh costumes or put flowers in my hair. Being in Tahiti made me really appreciate the humidity. It made me really love how fresh it all was. And plumeria trees grow on every other corner.

It’s so beautiful I wish I was back there drinking pina coladas and sitting on the beach. It sure beats all the craziness at work!

Paradise

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Meagan

We stayed on the main island of Tahiti. A short ferry ride over to a nearby island brings us to Mo’orea. This beautiful place has crystal blue waters, mountains that look like faces, and crazy tour guides.

It seriously looks like those wallpaper pictures that comes with your computer. It was more beautiful than these pictures can show. Again, I apologize for these raw pictures.

So when we got off the island, we got on a bus, got on a boat, and circled around the island. We were able to stop and swim with the sharks and the stingrays.

Our crazy tour guide, Siki.

This was definitely one of my favorite days of the trip.

Crepes and Steak

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Meagan

Tahitian food is amazing. It’s very French inspired, judging by all of the baguettes and crepes. (It reminds me of a great crepe place in Paris that we used to go to down the street from our hotel.) The food was also very expensive. Martin and I would easily spend $50 per meal (yikes!)… so we saved a little by going to the nearby market and buying groceries that we would stuff into our mini fridge in our hotel room.

All the times we saved and had enough money, we went out and enjoyed ourselves.

French crepes:

Picnic on the beach behind our hotel:

The infamous Poisson Cru: (So good)

Bread is seriously one of my favorite things to eat.

Fresh coconut!

Hinano: the national beer of Tahiti. It is brewed and bottled right on the island! It’s everywhere. A little light for my taste but still very good.

We had Mcdonalds! It’s a a Mcbaquette!

These crepes were Martin’s favorite. They were from an awesome food truck festival they have every night by the pier. Otherwise known as Roulettes, these trucks are awesome!

These were one of our favorite places ever.

plus, they have this every night!

Tahiti Highlights!

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Meagan

Hellooo!

I just put in a new theme! balloons! So happy about it cause it’s super fun and cute. Hope you like it!

Well it has been a crazy week! Unpacking, loads of laundry, still a little sick with food poisoning and going back to work has been stressful. I’ve been wanting to get Photoshop so I can make my Tahiti pictures all cute and stuff but it doesn’t look like that’s panning out and I’ve been wanting to share pictures of the island with you so badly… so raw pictures will just have to do. I apologize in advance for the next couple of posts. It will be all Tahiti pics because I loved it so much. ha!

Here is just a few quick photos of random stuff:

Now these are just little snippets of our trip but more pictures are coming soon. Get ready. :]

Home Sweet Home

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Meagan

This trip was a vacation of a lifetime! I have SOO many things to share with everyone. It will take a couple of posts to do it all. lol.

I’m downloading all of my pictures to my hard drive as we speak. But here is a small sneak peak:

Tahiti, Here I come!

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Meagan

As you may or may not know, I have been a long-time Polynesian dancer. I didn’t say I was a GOOD dancer, but it’s been a hobby of mine since the summer before I started high school. Throughout my early adolescent years, I was in the Polynesian Club in school and even finished high school as its co-president, weird. There’s just something beautiful about the movement, the meaning behind the dances, and the culture it represents.

In addition to the club, a few of my closest friends and I were a part of a small, family-owned and operated performance group, Pacific Island Dancers (PID), where we would dance at people’s parties, weddings, showers, and family events. Every summer I still come back to do shows with them. On a busy weekend we can get up to 3 shows! PID is such an amazing family and that’s been a reason why I love to dance so much. It’s good because it’s great way for me to relax and de-stress…and I don’t exercise so much.

After high school and throughout college I joined the group “Varua Hae” based in Buena Park. Melinda and I danced with them for a couple of years. It was actually on the carpool rides with Martin to and from this particular dance group that we started talking. Martin used to carpool with another friend, and if it wasn’t for this good ‘ol friend moving and not being able to carpool anymore, Martin and I wouldn’t have gotten so close. (Thanks John Lee!) That’s really where our relationship grew. However, after my sophomore year of college, I slowly started to get busy with school, work, church, and other activities to the point where I just couldn’t fully commit to the group.

Anyway, throughout these last few years, Varua Hae, (now Te Varua Ori) always had a special place in my heart. When we found out that they were going to compete in Tahiti this summer, we just had to come along for the ride. After all, Martin and I do owe a lot to the group :]

So after months of planning the time’s almost here. We’re leaving this weekend!

And I’m so excited I can’t contain myself.

Here’s a lovely video to give you a picture of what we will be doing next week:

Outdoor Walking, Museums, and Dogs

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Meagan

Today I reflect on a trip to San Diego Martin and I took a couple of Saturdays ago.

Here’s a few tid-bits of our day:

Great brunch place:

Shopping:

So many cute pets! we had to stop so many times and take pictures.

San Diego: Where both dogs and kids are on leashes.

What a wonderful weekend.

Sacramento Clouds

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Meagan

I’ve always had an itch to travel. I’ve only been to a handful of places, but they were so rich with culture and life. Today, I flew to Sacramento for a conference for work. I’ve never been here before. It’s awesome! I feel so blessed for this opportunity.

My flight was so early this morning, I got to see the sunrise!

As I said on my Instagram, there’s no feeling quite like that moment just as you take off. It feels like you are running so fast and nothing (not even gravity) can stop you. I was really late coming to the airport. The line was surprisingly long for a Wednesday at 5:00am. Airports are so hectic and crazy, but I love that feeling taking off. Of course, landing is a different story.

The flying always gets me a little nervous. The Sacramento Airport is so cool! Look at this awesome art piece by baggage claim: