next, i head out of the city to explore the region's famed khasi hills and villages.hat, despite landscapes like this, the north—east is one of the least—visited areas of india. but things are slowly changing. we've been travelling out of shillong into the countryside, towards the bangladesh border, for about two hours now. and it's been pretty bumpy and rough roads — until, suddenly, we have reached this bit, and it's a beautifully smooth road that wouldn't look out of place in a major town. and we're heading towards a village that's got a really interesting reputation. the khasi hills are the only place in the world where you find bridges grown from the roots of the india rubber tree, or ficus elastica. we learned that it was constructed during the year 1840. this place was meant for the villagers to cross over the river when they tended to their daily life, mainly agriculture. during that time, there was no partition, no bangladesh, no pakistan. so, we had that link. during monsoon, the khasi hills are hit by record—breaking downpours — more than 20 feet of rain in

next, i head out of the city to explore the region's famed khasi hills and villages. and rough roads — until, suddenly, we have reached this bit, and it's a beautifully smooth road that wouldn't look out of place in a major town. and we're heading towards a village that's got a really interesting reputation. the khasi hills are the only place in the world where you find bridges grown from the roots of the india rubber tree, or ficus elastica. we learned that it was constructed during the year 1840. this place was meant for the villagers to cross over the river when they tended to their daily life, mainly agriculture. during that time, there was no partition, no bangladesh, no pakistan. so, we had that link. during monsoon, the khasi hills are hit by record—breaking downpours — more than 20 feet of rain in a month. these are some of the wettest places on the planet. but people here have found an ingenious way to harness nature in order to prevent the village being cut off by floods. just tell me what they're doing right now. now they are tying the bamboos to cross on b