Bali rice paddy view OK in May?
Dec 11th, 2009, 06:58 PM
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Bali rice paddy view OK in May?
Hi,
We're going to Bali in early May, and I wonder if the rice paddies look "bad" then due to harvesting. I'm evaluating where to stay and some places feature views over the rice paddies. If they don't look so good then, I should look for a hotel with a different type of view.
Anybody out there an expert in rice paddy aesthetics?
We're going to Bali in early May, and I wonder if the rice paddies look "bad" then due to harvesting. I'm evaluating where to stay and some places feature views over the rice paddies. If they don't look so good then, I should look for a hotel with a different type of view.
Anybody out there an expert in rice paddy aesthetics?
Dec 11th, 2009, 08:54 PM
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I would not stress in the least over it. In my experience living and visiting Bali over many years, due to its tropical location, plentiful rainfall, and the growth cycle of rice, the harvest season is all year. In my experience it is not unusual to have two paddies next to each other in completely different stages of growth. In any event I don’t think you would find the golden colour of the mature rice to be an issue, and watching the women harvest it is actually quite interesting, IMO. (Give it a try yourself, and they will laugh hysterically!) The only thing that may be unattractive are the very, very newly planted paddies which are basically an empty flooded field with tiny seedlings, but as I said, you can have this next to a more mature green field, so you won’t have acres of barren flooded fields. (And watching the transplantation of the seedlings is again quite interesting.) It’s also lovely to watch the ducks go out at sunset into the paddies in a line with their minders. IMO having a rice paddy view would literally give you a window into Balinese life that is quite special.
There is a harvest festival generally in May or June but that is, I believe, more tied to the rice goddess and takes its date from places with more distinct wet and dry seasons where there is more defined planting season. But if you are in Bali for the harvest festival, you may find to be an interesting time to be there.
There is a harvest festival generally in May or June but that is, I believe, more tied to the rice goddess and takes its date from places with more distinct wet and dry seasons where there is more defined planting season. But if you are in Bali for the harvest festival, you may find to be an interesting time to be there.
Dec 12th, 2009, 01:47 AM
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Bali has a very complex and ancient system of irrigation and individual plots are cultivated in rotation. While one is being plowed, another is flooded, another is newly planted, another is transplaneted, another is ready for harvest. So it's difficult to predict at what state "your" padi will be in while you're there -- a little of everything, most likely.
