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Green Dreams

NOHKALIKAI FALLS, INDIA

The tallest plunge waterfall in India is a stunning sight not just because of its thrilling 340-metre height, but for the dense evergreen rainforest blanketing the surrounding cliffs and the surreal green-coloured plunge pool below. The falls are located in the state of Meghalaya, near Cherapunji (also known as Sohra), one of the wettest places on the planet

MU CANG CHAI RICE TERRACES, VIETNAM

While Asia’s staple crop, rice, thrives in the flooded Mekong Delta at Vietnam’s southern tip, in the country’s mountainous north, local hill tribes have created rice

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