Banaue Rice Terraces: A Visit to Ifugaos Ancestors Ingenuity According to History, the rice terraces are more than

2,000 years old. Nestling neatly on the Ifugao Mountains forming plights of stairs, they were deliberately built by the hands of the Ifugaos ancestors due to their delicate nature and the rices planting requirements. This made sense because during their time, modern farming equipment was not yet available, much less invented. To neighboring Asian countries, the rice terraces are known as the eight world heritage not only because they are found at 5,000 feet above sea level and which could render anyone breathless with their beauty when seen with own eyes. But because those organic rice plants are sustained by irrigation system dependent upon the rich torrential rains that come every four oclock in the afternoon and last for an hour or two. Kama Sutra Experts To most European people, the Banaue rice terraces are not the only desire to pursue. Acquainted to Europeans as well-trained in Kama Sutra since childhood, the Ifugao men who take delight in serving as a tour guide for a livelihood are parfume to tourists from the West. Our tour guide, Mark, a half-Ifugao and half-Ilocano related to us that many of the female tourists offer short joy to Ifugao men in exchange for free tour to the heavenly nature in whole Banaue. Of course, none of us who employed his services never thought twice in paying him in crisp bill. Today, practically every hill and mountain in Banaue are planted with rice in terraces. They serve as a status symbol of diverse native tribes that thrive peacefully in this part of Northern Luzon. The Journey If you live anywhere outside Northern Luzon, the practical city to base your trip is Manila. You can have a road trip in a private transportation straight from Manila to Banaue. In our case though, we took the laborious way a bus ride for 12 hours. There are many routes to reach Banaue via buses but the easiest way is to take Victory Liner in which final destination is Banaue. Since we were not aware of this yet, our trip