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Absolutely Amazing

Kachina624 — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 23:42:49 GMT

Farming would be an athletic endeavor in this place. By the time you got to work, you'd be exhausted.

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phoenixbrd — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 23:58:29 GMT

@Kachina624 This reminds me of a documentary that I watched recently about life in an isolated village in the Himalayas. I reflected after seeing how beautiful the land and the souls of the people who survive in challenging environments. Exquisitely beautiful environment and a hard life of morning to night physical labor starting at a young age....an 80 year old blind woman still toiling in the fields cutting the barley....she died three days after that particular film was shot. The young children say that life is hard through their smiles.

This picture reminds me of that film. Ethereal beauty, with a high price paid.

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patbz — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 00:17:13 GMT

We toured Vietnam several years ago and took a three day cruise in the three gourge area. A guide from that area had to commute daily down a terrace like that and climbed back up every couple of days during tour season. She looked into like she was 25 but was actually around 40!

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Teddixat — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 00:37:49 GMT

@Kachina624 WOWZA!!!

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Teddixat — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 00:39:17 GMT

@Kachina624 How is it even possible. Only a mountain goat could handle those strep hills.

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LdyBugz — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 00:49:54 GMT

Amazing indeed! I'll have to remind myself of this picture the next time I'm whining about my commute to work.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 01:30:46 GMT

This canyon is remarkable. I'd love to know exactly where it is, how deep it is and how activity there works. There appear to be buildings here and there so I wonder if workers stay in them overnight? What would the crop be? @patbz Do you know any of this?

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LdyBugz — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 02:01:59 GMT

@Kachina624 Terraced rice farming is in northern Vietnam. There is the Sapa rice fields. Here's a You Tube video, beautiful!

https://youtu.be/4x437iYkXuY

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Kachina624 — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 02:55:01 GMT

@LdyBugz Thanks for posting the video. It was interesting to see the terraces close up. They're wider than they look. Hard labor, back-breaking work.

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qualitygal — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 10:38:14 GMT

Waste not, want not.

Make the best of it.....

Rice fields seem to be the same way. Think many countries use the countrysides they have to their advantage. I think it's so impressive. But, yes, it would exhaust people to do that you would think. Cool photo.

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LdyBugz — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 10:38:49 GMT

@Kachina624 You're welcome. Your post was interesting, and I learned something about the area and the farming. Such hard working people there. Makes me appreciate all that I have even more!