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Sneak peek Indonesian wedding details

Unfortunately I have no pictures of the Indonesian wedding reception, but here are a couple from our florist.. which is more of the details and flower shots

Honeymoon Part II: Bali

We flew the 30 minutes flight from Lombok to Bali on a smaller airplane.. After relaxing in the quaint and less developed Lombok, Art was surprised at how developed Bali was. Our first stay in Bali is at Komaneka Tanggayuda in Ubud. They have 3 locations in Ubud itself and we picked the most secluded one, which also is farther than the central Ubud, but with that view and amazing outdoor pool and outdoor bath tub and tea time in the afternoon and your own comfortable PJs... I am in heaven!! This is the best villa i have ever stayed in, granted that I have not stayed in many villa and more hotels. But service is amazing, the manager greeted us when we arrive, write hand written welcome and thank you note... I really really really loveeee this villa. i will be back for sure...

We also did a bike tour which was harder than we thought.. UGH! Arthur actually got into a minor fall while riding the bike.. I chose to be the last one in the group (really like 5 minutes behind everyone) to avoid crowding of the bikes and really because I couldn't catch up to them UGH..

The following pictures are our visit to Uluwatu temple.. it's such a big temple right by the cliff... We watched the Kecak dance (which is where a group of men will make circle and sing and make up the 'stage' where other dancer will act on a Hindu story).

Honeymoon Part 1: Lombok

I've never been to Lombok before even though I travel to Bali a lot.. Lombok was more raw and undeveloped than Bali.. but what Lombok lacks in its isolation and undeveloped places, it wins exactly at that same note too. We stayed in a nice ocean front villa called Qunci villa. It's actually rainy season but we got lucky since the 3 days we were in Lombok, it didn't rain. Lombok's Kuta Beach (not to be confused to Bali's world famous Kuta Beach) is gorgeous!!! See picture for case in point. Our tour guide took us to a more secluded area where there aren't as many people. There were a total of six people including us (not counting the store owners) when we were there. For those white sands and no waves, it's like having a natural pool but on the ocean.. The waves stop breaking probably 50 meters out because of some rocks formation there. It's insanely gorgeous. I didn't find any beach as pretty as Kuta Beach Lombok in Bali (ok partly also because it was raining so much in Bali we couldn't go to the beaches). Next time if I go to Lombok, I'd prefer to stay around Lombok's Kuta Beach, but not in the touristy area. In Lombok, we also went to a village that still lives traditionally. The women made scarves/ clothing and they are ornately designed, they're called sasak clothing , i believe. See picture below of me trying to do it, it's hard work because one big cloth is made out of lines and lines of thread... It takes one month to make one finished piece. Pictures paint a thousand words.. so here goes..

A side note also on food in Lombok. Our first meal Lombok was some old dingy dirty restaurant, with no air conditioning and flies around. Lets just say the place will fail LA's restaurant inspection and we were nervous about whether we'll get stomachache eating there.. The food, however, was delicious! It's grilled chicken and grilled fish with a side of chili sauce. and I love how surprised Arthur was to experience Indonesian's tolerance to chili. Our tour guide said the chili served in this restaurant is not too spicy and it's sweet, when Arthur tried it... he said it has some heat, he hates to know what spicy would be like for our tour guide. Unfortunately, other than the food below, the rest of our meal in Lombok is less than spectacular, bordering taste like frozen food.. Potentially because our tour guide keep on bringing us to some fanci-er looking restaurant that serves western food.. UGH! I want my indo food darn it.. not some failed attempt to create western food.. I'm in Lombok afterall...

Our wedding featured on Style Me Pretty

Please click here for more pictures and on the feature, or link below: http://www.stylemepretty.com/2011/12/05/long-beach-wedding-by-jac-photography-just-chic-events/
I know I am supposed to update on the bits and pieces of the wedding before throwing it on your face.. but since it is up on style me pretty.. Oh well I figure I will show you, answer any question and start backtracking my steps to the wedding... Enjoy!!