Dancin' fool

Terraced Rice Fields

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May 9th 2006
Today I took an organized day tour to PingAn - in an area known as the Dragon's Backbone. It is an extremely hilly area - mountainous really - that is quite remote and where the rice fields are terraced into the side of the mountains. Extraordinary. The excursion was by van, with 6 paying clients and about an equal number of lcoals along for the ride😊. It is a 3 hour trip one way, and abo ... read more

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