// PHILIPPINES
My next stop in Asia was the Philippines. I'd read that on the northern island of Luzon were rice terraces that were hundreds, perhaps thousands of years old. The journey there involved riding in Jeepneys, a sort of jeep that has been extended into a bus. You can see a few in the very last photos below. The rice terraces were every bit as beautiful as promised, probably in the top five of all the natural wonders I'd seen on my journeys. Some were reached through long hikes through mountain passes, as the villages had no roads or access by car. The pools for the patties were formed by natural irrigation and mountain run off. And the work all still done by hand.
BANAUE
LUZON ISLAND
VIGAN
LUZON ISLAND
BAGUIO
LUZON ISLAND
MANILA
CAPITAL
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