A remote mountain trek with indigenous rice farmers shows another side of the island nation better known for its beaches.

"If I don't go to our rice field every day, we will have nothing to eat." It takes her an hour for a return trip to Batad, traversing rough terrain to reach the village that is inaccessible by ...

the rice terraces of Banaue reflect the sheer slopes they descend. Further south, in Lubao, lovers stroll in the soft green shade of bamboo tunnels. In Bicol, far to the southeast, farmers tend ...