After gathering the group together and having a day to recuperate from our long travels, our first big excursion was to a UNESCO Heritage Site, the iconic Jatiluwih rice terraces located more-or-less in the center of the island, a couple of hours from where we were staying. This was our first experience of how insanely bad the traffic on Bali is, as it wasn’t that far geographically, but it took hours to get there. They are protecting this area as development has gobbled up much of this type of farming land in Bali. We took a nice hike down into the rice fields with our models and were able to make some nice pictures. Afterwards, we had lunch at a restaurant that overlooked to rice terraces.
After lunch, we drove not too far away to a relatively secluded Ye Hoo Waterfall (Air Terjun Yeh Hoo). It was a bit of a hike down the hill to get there, and it was quite beautiful. As we were secluded enough we were able to shoot some bikini and environmental shots with our models. We ended up with some classic images with bathing beauties in a nice waterfall.
One the way back towards our home, we took a different route to avoid some of the traffic and we traveled through some very traditional Balinese towns and were able to see the architecture and the local culture. At the last minute we made a change of plans, and rather than just heading home we went to capture some sunset shots at Pantai Nyanyi, a black sand beach on the southwest of Bali. I’ll blame my lack of sleep for my brain only semi-working, but even though I had brought a flash, I didn’t remember that and didn’t bring it down on the beach, so I primarily only got backlit shots. Nevertheless, it was nice to see the beautiful sunset and capture some interesting images. Afterwards, we headed for home.
