Our driver for the day showed up at 5:30 am. We were off the see the rice terraces that make this area famous. We were to be at our first stop for sunrise. We were not alone. This district has made tourism a paying proposition by publicizing the best spots for viewing and running photographers tours that start with sunrise and end with sunset. Our driver certainly knew his way around. We had a good day of photography and our driver taught us a bit of Chinese also. We were on the road from 5:30 to noon and then from 4 pm to 7:30 and we covered far more territory than I thought possible.
PS from Joan
It was fun to have our personal driver so that we could stop wherever we wanted. The terraces cover the hills everywhere you look. A lot of the terraces were dry as they are having a severe drought here. Many had water but no rice growing yet. The patterns created by the terraces are beautiful. It is mind boggling to think of how much work it took to create them. I would be very fit if I had to walk down to the terraces to work and then back up to my village at the end of the day.
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