Idaho-born, Texas-naturalized freelance writer Peter Barnes contributes to arange of magazines and Web sites. His weekly Culturemap column on the greatoutdoors, though, is by far the most fun assignment he completes each week.
On the Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces, Guangxi, China
Photo by Peter Barnes
On the Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces, Guangxi, China
Photo by Peter Barnes
Morning on the summit of Huangshan
Photo by Peter Barnes
Huangshan, also known as Yellow Mountain, inspired centuries of Chinese poetsand, more recently, James Cameron, who supposedly modeled the mountains inAvatar after this area.