Farmlands within taitung

I didn’t expect to find any crops growing as I made my way to my Taitung B & B. With scooters whizzing passed I was surprised to spot several fields of rice that looked like they were ready to harvest. I crossed a bridge and below in the grassy riverbed were wild cows. Another female and her calf meandered under the bridge while traffic groaned overhead.

Puducherry

I bussed south from Chennai and passed walled plots of coconut plantations, pine trees, an occasional rice paddy field and gained a taste of the old India. But resorts were encroaching on this farmland to the point where some farmers had signs plastered on boundary walls, “This property isn’t for sale.”

Stairway to heaven

I entered Phat Diem’s gardens and looked up to see those five hundred steps looming towards the sky. When I came to the bottom stony step, I decided to count my way up.

Vietnamese Farmers

If I ever thought working a rice paddy field was easy, I soon changed my mind on the Tam Coc boat ride.

Ngo Dong River boat ride

A thousand boats lay in wait for the on-slaught of tourists ready to embark along this muddy river in Tam Coc, just out of Ninh Binh.

Phong Nha ke Bang bicycle ride

After arriving in Dong Hoi, I bused to Phong Nha ke Bang with an afternoon to spare before my cave tour. I took one of the bikes on offer from my hotel and set off to discover more rice paddy fields.

A Garden of Eden

While on our tour on the Can Tho River, we stepped from the boat and walked through what I considered a Garden of Eden.