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Mine and Lucia's rough ping pong rollercoaster.
In the end, I bet it won't look even close to this. Stay tuned!
Billed as "Ping-Pong Extravaganza," this year's championship, held June 14, featured an opening match with District Commander Col. Mark Toy facing URS Los Angeles office vice president and office manager Shahram Vahdat.
(USACE photo by Dave Palmer)
Rice Terraces are a fascinating landscape subject. For almost a thousand years, the local villagers have literally carved out plots of land from the mountains to grow rice. Over the years a certain...geometry arises from the shapes of the terraces. Once a year, the villagers direct water from surrounding rivers into the terraces, essentially flooding them. The water trickles from the very top, down, down, down. Eventually, every terrace is filled with water. Catching a sunrise or sunset (if you are lucky) reflecting on the terraced pools is one of the most beautiful sights in the world.
There are actually 4 photography seasons: Green (rice is growing), golden yellow (rice is ready to be harvested), flooded (terraces have no rice but are full of water), and Green with water (small shoots of rice sprouting out of the water). On very rare occasions there is even snow, but don't count in it as the climate is subtropical most of the year.
The most popular time to photograph is mid June when the terraces are fully flooded. I actually had to go back twice in 1 month to catch it at the right time.
There are two villages that are popular places to view the terraces: Ping'an and Jingkeng. One can hike from Ping'an to Jingkeng in about 5 hours along the rice terraces.
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