2014年4月28日 星期一

客棧日記 Guesthouse Diary – 徒步梯田 Walking in the rice terrace

4/25/2014

遊元陽最普遍的做法是包一輛車,讓司機帶你逛所有的景點,這種方法適合買了兩天票, 匆匆來又匆匆走的旅客們,基本上一天內就走遍所有景點。

時間稍為充裕的客人,喜歡散步的客人,都會喜歡自己徙步走一走。很能走的人可以從多依樹翻過山嶺走到老虎嘴,要走四個多小時,我是沒有這個能耐。

我們選擇了從陽光客棧,徒步在梯田中走,一直走到下一個寨子-岩子腳。

走梯田的秘訣是水溝,一層一層連綿的梯田,農民就是以水溝為路,穿梭於梯田間。從高處可大約看到路的走向,只要沿著水溝走,就是明路。包車的話觀景是從遠處看廣大的梯田,徒步的話可以近觀,也可以從不同的角度看到梯田。五月前後這段時間最好,因為農民正好準備耙田插秧,田裡的不只風景,還非常有活力,生氣盎然。


 從陽光客棧走到岩子腳全是下坡,輕鬆了走了一個小時。

岩子腳是一個很乾淨清爽的寨子,我們沿路逛了一下,可惜沒找到穿過寨子的那條路,我們就打算走村路上去。可以新的路雖然鋪得很好,卻是迂迴曲折,再回到大路上走回普高老寨,就花了我們兩個小時。

By: Jo
 





Most people who come to Yuanyang hire a minivan for one day, the driver will take you to all the viewing decks.  This method is best for people who purchase a two days’ ticket and come and go within two days.

People who have a bit more time, or loves hiking will choose to do some walking in Yuanyang.  Some people will walk from DuoYiShu to LaoHuZui, you have to climb over a hill and one way is around 4 hours.  I don’t think I can do it.

I have chosen to walk from the Sunny Guesthouse, among the rice terraces, until the next village YanZiJiao.

The way to walk in rice terraces is to follow the water drains.  The rice terraces have many steps and the farmers basically use the water drains as roads to travel among the rice terraces.  You can see the rough path from above and basically following the water drains will take you to the right direction.  If you hire a car, you only see the terraces from far away, walking takes you much closer to the terraces and you can see them from different directions. I think around May is a good time because the farmers start transplanting the rice seedlings.  Apart from seeing the terraces, you also see farmers and buffalos working, it is a lively scenery.

From the Sunny guesthouse to YanZiJiao is an easy one hour walk, all descending.
YanZiJiao is a nice and clean village, we walk around a little bit but we cannot find the path across the village.  We decided that we should go back by the main road.  However, although the main road is well paved, it is so long that it takes us a full two hours to come back to PuGaoLaoZhai.

By: Jo





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