Situated on Doi Inthanon's shoulder, its rice paddies snake in contoured patterns on one side against a stunning backdrop of colorful fields and mountain ranges that stretch across the horizon.
From Pa Pong Piang and the valley ahead is Mae Chaem, a sleepy town where even more terraces rice paddied can be found in the midst of its vast valley.
Rice farming has long been part of the life here. Mae Chaem prople grow sticky rice for home consumption and will sell the rice if there is an oversupply in stocks. Rice plays a significant role n local traditions. After the harvest, the grains rae kept dry in teak barns. Before cooking the rice of the new harvest, the Mae Chaem people organise a merit - making ceremony called Tan Khao Mai, which when translated means "new rice merit." Part of their rice stock as well as some rice-based sweets are donated to monks