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An experienced tea picker takes a break. They earn $1.25 per day for picking 10 kilos of fresh tea leaves. Most of the workers are uneducated and don't have other options for employment in the area. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Women pick tea leaves at a tea estate outside of Siliguri, India. Pickers earn $1.25 per day for 10 kilos of fresh tea leaves. It's not easy work. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
When we were in Sapa in January, rice had just been planted. The water from the mountains serves as irrigation. The area will turn from muted tans and browns to a dazzling green as the rice approaches harvest time.Read more about the hill tribes and trekking in Sapa.
A man maneuvers cows to thoroughly turn his soil over while his wife throws seeds and hopes that the weather cooperates.Taken outside the village of Ghasa on day 14 of the Annapurna Circuit trek in Nepal. Read more about our Annapurna Circuit trek. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Mountainous farmlands near Kalaw, Myanmar (Burma). Read more about Myanmar (Burma).
This woman was working with her family to collect the remains of the ginger harvest out of the ground. It was hard work in the heat. Taken on the trek from Kalaw to Inle Lake in Myanmar (Burma). Read more about Myanmar (Burma).
Taken in Vrang, Tajikistan..© www.uncorneredmarket.com
Donkeys and hay feature prominently on the high plateau near Yamchun Fort and Bibi Fatima Springs. ..Wakhan Valley, Tajikistan..© www.uncorneredmarket.com
Corn dries on the top of a house...Taken en route from Lanzhou to Xiahe in Gansu province, China. Read more about our visit to Xiahe, China.
Doesn't look like a lake, does it?During the dry season, the Tonle Sap Lake shrinks tremendously, leaving land exposed for dry rice farming. In the wet season, this area is again swallowed whole by the lake's advance.Read about our first impressions of Siem Reap.
As the dry season advances and the river levels drop, the banks of Luang Prabang's rivers are exposed for growing vegetables and herbs. Read more about laid back Luang Prabang.
During our trek, men were few and far between. These two were given the task of schlepping heavy pieces of wood up the steep hills.Read more about the hill tribes and trekking in Sapa.
Rice fields below the Tham Pah Tok cave stand flooded in preparation for rice season.Read more about the villages near Nong Khiaw, Laos.
The Czech countryside glows yellow from canola flowers, used for oil and biodiesel. The EU subsidizes the crop, so the yellow fields seem to spread further each year.© www.uncorneredmarket.com
