IT was the breathtaking view of the rice terraces from my bedroom window that captivated me during my first solo backpacking adventure to Batad. I remember how busy that year was, finishing a project ...

It takes her an hour for a return trip to Batad ... people that live in the Philippines in the north of Luzon island. Almost ...

Manila - The Philippines' ancient rice terraces, carved into mountains like giant ... year's end a four-month project to repair amphitheatre-shaped rice terraces in the village of Batad, one of the ...

CEBU, Philippines – It’s an open secret ... wonderful terraces in other areas of the province, such as the Batad Rice Terraces where staircases reach all the way to the top of the mountain.

For 2,000 years the mountains of Ifugao province in the Philippines have been carefully ... that climb thousands of feet. The Ifugao Rice Terraces, which follow the natural contours of the ...

A testament to what man can achieve when it works with nature, the Banaue rice terraces in the Philippines are renowned ... the Bangaan and Batad, form part of a wider World Heritage Site.

Hand-carved in the hillsides some 500 years ago, the scenic rice terraces of the Philippines’ Ifugao province ... and the Bangaan and Batad terraces in the town of Banaue. This recognition ...