龙脊梯田 (dragon's back rice terraces)

It was worth it. We had to get up at 6.30am in order to make the 3hour trip from 阳朔 to 龙胜 (which turned out to be much longer, but that's a diff story) in order to visit the rice terrace (梯田) since we had to catch a flight back to HK at 6pm the same day.


The view of 龙脊梯田 up at 龙胜 is absolutely breath taking. The multi level of rice terraces have been built over hundreds of years by generations of farmers. Comprehensive irrigation system is in place to distribute water from nearby catchment areas to each section of the terrace.



Despite the rain, we still had an enjoyable time hiking up beside the terraces. We only had enough time to go to 七星伴月 (picture above) which is the must-see in 龙胜. Would certainly like to come back here in a different season, eg the autumn to see the hills all turned golden with the ready-to-be-harvested paddy...

Perhaps due to difference in micro climate, while we saw quite a lot of paddy fields in 阳朔 starting to bear flowers and the fields beginning to dry up, the paddy up here has only just come out from the nursery and terraces are still filled with water (and happy ducks...).



[Images courtesy of Chai Yew Wei]