long planned, not necessarily for our pre-wed, but to celebrate my mom's 55th birthday, as this is my last year being single.. On the first day, it was all raining cats and dogs, from late morning until afternoon, and it was the first time I saw rain in Bali! (Please..please, God, let tomorrow be showered with sunshine...) And..turned out the next day was just lovely. The sun shone really brightly, the sky was clear blue. Egi and I were in good mood, the photographer team was cooperative and friendly.. it was just puurfect! And so, we blasted to the first destination (1.5 hours from Denpasar) with a photographer (Wahyu Prayasa), his assistant (Yasa), the wacky driver (Wance) and a make-up artist from New Melati Salon (Arta). 
1st Destination: Taman Ujung Karangasem
It is one of Karangasem Empire heritage buildings during the reign of Balinese kings. The place is still well-taken care of, and even now the sacred atmosphere remains. This is one great place to visit - not only for photo shoots but also for tourists. Great architecture, magnificent view - well you got it all! My favorite spot here is Bale Kapal, the eight-pillar-Balinese-European style which you can reach after climbing a very high flight of stairs. Panting, as we reached this spot, but the spectacular view was worth it. You can see calm blue ocean from afar and blue silhouette of mountains on the other side. The photo shooting was fun under the blazing sun. I had sun-burnt only after one and a half hours there. But I couldn't complain, could I? I asked for the bright sunshine!
It was the first place, and it was quite difficult for us to express ourself. Egi, especially, had a 'Chandler-face' and experienced stone-grin phase.
2nd Destination: Tirta Gangga
Still in Karangasem Area, Tirta Gangga is a water palace owned by the Karangasem families. Later I learnt that it was built by the last King of Karangasem, and that many parts of the palace was destroyed by the volcano eruption in 1963. Contrast with the weather in Taman Ujung, it was a bit cloudy here. It was even drizzling for ten minutes during the photo shoots. I don't know whether the name 'water palace' has something to do with it :).. (hehehe I don't think so).
3rd (unofficial) Destination: Mangrove in Denpasar
Unofficial, because it was a 'bonus trip' from the photographer. After having lunch in Karangasem area, we headed to Tegalwangi beach, around 30 minutes past Denpasar. We'd stop for a while to take photo shoots in the coastal paddy rice fields, but then since we couldn't find the perfect paddy fields (the green one, not harvested) so we went straight to Mangrove in Denpasar. We had only very limited time here, since we got to go to Tegal Wangi before sunset. 10 minutes, that was the limit, but then again, hehe.. okay... so many photos were taken here...
4th Destination: Tegal Wangi
Since the photo shoots in Mangrove was much more than 10 minutes, so Wance the driver sped up to reach Tegal Wangi in less than 20 minutes. But then, again, everybody was 'leaking' and so we stopped at Circle K to use the toilet. Ha..ha.. another ten minutes. As soon as we got to the beach, I was so shocked to know that we actually had
to climb down quite a steep cliff (well, steep, for me). For the photographer team, it took them almost an instant to get down, even with all the stuff; but as for me..hohoho... one little step at a time.. and I was there on the beach in around ten minutes. It was just beautiful as promised, with the cliff, golden sunset, rocks and everything. Romantic. A perfect place for honeymooners. Yet I found it difficult to express myself here... The most difficult of all four.
It was an awesome day after all. Tiring, but unforgettable. Now I can't wait to wait for the real result from Mr. Wahyu Prayasa..hehe..
P.S. FYI, the photos in this post were taken by Wance with Egi's camera. It was kinda funny; we were photographed by three people at the same time, with more than three cameras. I know it was nothing compared to those celebrities and models, but again, it was the first time for us, and it was kinda weird...but fun, hehe..
