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[Sforza]

I went to Bali, Indonesia for a relative's wedding, from last Wednesday until Sunday. Stayed at the Intercon. I really liked it

The full set is up on Facebook, and its friends only because my relatives are in it. I hope more of you guys could make FB accounts. Anyway, here are some pictures. So many things were awesome about the trip, especially the food.

The beach:


The resort:






Sunset at Uluwatu Temple (it's on top of a cliff):






Monkey Balls:


The most beautiful wedding chapel ever:

[Fox]

Picturesque indeed. Awesome shots, dude.

[Trace-02]

Wow~!

Those locations are so beautiful that they make me want to draw again.

Monkey balls not really included.

[Grim]

Beautiful shots Jake.

I really need to see more of the world.

[Sforza]

Glad you guys liked them

I'll just post a few more scenery shots I liked. The reception was held in Bulgari Hotel, but I wasn't able to get any pictures because my camera died. It's probably the best looking resort hotel I've ever seen.

This is the entrance way into the hotel we stayed in (Bali Intercon).


Bali Lechon platter! Ranked by Bourdain as the 2nd best pig, to Cebu It had blood sausage and some crispy thing that tasted like chicharon. I think the resto was called Warung Ibu Oka


The view outside each hotel room on the ground floor.


Shopping at the art market.


Waiting room on the left, chapel on the right

[Fox]

There's something about that art market that reminds me of the souvenir shops in Vigan and Quiapo.

[Sforza]

There's something about that art market that reminds me of the souvenir shops in Vigan and Quiapo.

We all noticed that Indonesia is like the Philippines, just with a different language

Even down to the dictators! Marcos = Suharto

[Sforza]

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the Japan trip
Click to enlarge as usual

1. 2. 3. 4.

1. The quiet street behind Shin-Osaka station where we stayed.
2. Den-Den Town (Nipponbashi)
3. Night landscape of Osaka from the Floating Garden Observatory at Umeda Sky Building
4. Picture taken with the owner of the youth hostel (The Earth Ship) we stayed in while at Kyoto

~ Pictures #1 and 2 taken by Mark (AA)

5. 6. 7. 8.

5. AWESOME takoyaki is everywhere in Kansai
6. Kinkakuji (The Golden Pavilion) in Kyoto
7. Night shot of Pontochou facing the Kamogawa River (lower left of the picture, there's a lovey couple doing something couples do)
8. Fushimi Inari in Kyoto (where Memoirs of a Geisha was filmed)

9. 10. 11. 12.

9. A wedding being held at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto
10. Little girl playing under sakura blossoms at Kyoto Imperial Palace Gardens
11. Kiyomizudera in Kyoto
12. Drooping sakura at Heian Shrine gardens in Kyoto

13. 14. 15. 16.

13. Osaka Castle Museum
14. Jellyfish at Osaka Aquarium
15. Kushikatsu buffet! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushi-katsu)
16. BEST EGGPLANT CURRY EVAR

17. 18. 19.

17. Woman in Kimono at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto
18. KOBE BEEF!!!!!
19. Tetsujin 28 landed in Kobe

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20. Night shot of Mosaic Boardwalk/Mall in Kobe

Also took a video of a boat crossing a bridge in a river lined with sakura blossoms;

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And another one of the whale shark at Osaka Aquarium (around 30 sec. mark)

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[Lord_Leperman]

Very nice! I am especially thankful for the Kobe skyline pic it is now my current desktop wallpaper

The owner of The Earth Ship looks like an RR member , does he play AC?

[Fox]

LOLing at the two guys on the right in number four. Number three kinda reminds me of the view from my old office building in Makati, both views are just so win.

[Mjting]

post more jake. lol

[Grim]

Ganda ng mga kuha!

[NiX]

I see loli.

[clonezero]

Jake are you sure you didn't get this from a Japanese travel webpage the pictures are really really nice

[Sforza]

Jake are you sure you didn't get this from a Japanese travel webpage the pictures are really really nice

Thanks, but no I didn't. If you zoom in on the big versions, you'll notice a lot of noise and blurring (because of slow shutter speed) which is really not good. I should have brought my DSLR. My point and shoot camera stats are still on the images too. Just click on properties -> summary -> advanced.

I edited these a little bit in photoshop (tilting, cropping, etc) The originals are on FB. It might not look it, but the entire post took me about three hours to format, edit and post.