Fields

A road we travelled to get to the top of a mountain so we could look down at the terraced rice fields.


Boys we saw in a village on the way up.


We stopped halfway to admire the view.



And an altar of course tucked in where the views were.


That's a volcano touching the clouds.



The spectacular rice fields


Palm trees and a village amidst the fields.



Some fields were ready for harvest.


Village women on their way to work in the rice fields. The fields belong to wealthy landowners or companies that export rice. We were told these women work for rice. For every eight bags they harvest, they keep one.


Umbrellas and hats provide some shade in the scorching sun. Rice harvesting is consider easier work. The hard work of ditch digging and construction is reserved for the men.




On the way down the mountain, we saw some men planting rice crop, one plant at a time.