Captivating Banaue Rice Terraces
By rakski
@rakski (122903)
Philippines
November 7, 2015 8:22pm CST
Inspired by @salonga @poehere I would like to show some pictures of places I have been to in my own country.
When I was younger I want to go abroad to see places. Realization struck me when I met French volunteers in an NGO and after volunteering for a month or two they will explore my country Philippines. From then on I tell myself I will go and explore the rich and beautiful Philippines but of course I would want to see other countries.
So here is one place I love, Banaue. It is in the northern part of the Philippines in the Ifugao province. It is popularly known as a site where you can find UNESCO World Heritage site. It is sometimes called "eighth wonder of the world" because you see the sides of the mountains carved into staircase of fields. It is said that it has an altitude of 5000 feet.
It was magical going to Banuae. I got to experience crossing a hanging bridge where the river current underneath is devastatingly high. I got to experience spending my night with no electricity and yet you can see fireflies around. And all that you can see around you is rice terraces.
Would love to go back again and again.
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@rahulvsmokiee (3110)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
8 Nov 15
Wow the image looks eprfectl captured. can you tell me the place in the back ground? I would love to be in there in this vacation.
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@rahulvsmokiee (3110)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
8 Nov 15
@rakski yes i can see. have you ever been in India. you can see suh awesome places in here too. have you ever heard of taj mahal?
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@rakski (122903)
• Philippines
8 Nov 15
@rahulvsmokiee yes, I have heard of it but not yet I have not yet been to india, I hope one day I will be able to go there.
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
8 Nov 15
Such a naturally beautiful place. Often people forget to explore the things that are the closest to them.
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@marguicha (222999)
• Chile
8 Nov 15
Thank you for the picture and the post. This is a place that I will never go to and that I never knew existed so it is like a glimpse of heaven. AWESOME!
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@marguicha (222999)
• Chile
8 Nov 15
@rakski It is too far from where I live. But now I will look at it at the web.
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@rakski (122903)
• Philippines
9 Nov 15
@marguicha that is great thing to do. Good thing there is internet already for us to travel by reading.
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
8 Nov 15
That is really beautiful and such a nice place. You country has a lot of beautiful places to visit and some of them away from the crowded cities. I would love to live in a place like that. But I live here and it is beautiful too so I am happy. One day I would love to go there and see this.
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@rakski (122903)
• Philippines
8 Nov 15
Oh yes, I also knew that the moment I laid eyes on this place. Banaue is my first long away from home travel when I was still 21 with the French volunteers. This picture is after our wedding I brought my husband there 10 years ago. hen you have the chance to go to my country, please do inform me so we can meet and I will escort you to see the beautiful places here. Two of the French volunteers I met became my friends and been back here two times after their volunteer work. 
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@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
8 Nov 15
@rakski Wow how excellent and thank you. I have been invited to so many places around the world from people I know from my work. I have been offered homes to stay in and a private guide to take me around. I am sure one day I will go to their and see my brother's wife and two adorable children.
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@tecchigurl (672)
• Philippines
8 Nov 15
I also want to visit this historic place in our home country, the Philippines.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
8 Nov 15
i haven't been there, but like you, i'd like to get to know our country more
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@rakski (122903)
• Philippines
8 Nov 15
@hereandthere I hope one day you can visit Banaue and other beautiful places here in our country. It's more fun in the Philippines!
@GreatMartin (23672)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
9 Nov 15
I have a good friend who is celebrating her birthday in Manila where her family is--she lives in Perth, Australia--she makes a lot of trips to the Philippines and is always posting pictures.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
8 Nov 15
It is beautiful scenery. I have not been to the Philippines yet but hopefully one day I will get there!
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
8 Nov 15
Sounds like a beautiful place Often we forget the beauty that is in our own backyard
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