1.   Bamboo forests, palm trees and tea plantations flourish, and hundreds of rice terraces climb the slopes of Hoang Lien mountain.

2.   Rows and rows of rice terraces spread out before us like so much green velvet.

3.   The valley was lush and dotted with rice terraces.

4.   Huge mountains stretching in every direction are covered with a vast mosaic of rice terraces under a deep blue sky.

5.   Landers said that the rice terraces were another value-added bonus for local farmers.

6.   The mist swirled gently through the forest and over rice terraces -- some brimming with newly planted rice, others being prepared for the next crop.

7.   The spectacular rice terraces of Guilin in China provide food for both the body and soul.

8.   The German will also become the first foreign leader in recent memory to visit the world-famous Banaue rice terraces in the remote mountains of the northern Philippines later Wednesday.