Rice terraces in the hills near Lao Cai, Vietnam, near the Chinese border

NOT! But wouldn't it be delicious if these tiers really were a giant caramel cake?

We were headed to a Red Dao hilltribe village in northern Vietnam, looking for handmade paper made of rice straw. It had rained that morning and the asphalt was heating up just before midday. I tapped my guide on the shoulder to stop our motorbike. Took this photo from the back seat. Framed and bracketed it with a handful of shots, then we were off to the mountains.