![Winchester Lyngkhoi carries fresh meat up to his butcher's stall on market day in Mawsynr](http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/855611-d0bc4dd2-58c3-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
Winchester Lyngkhoi carries fresh
meat up to his butcher's stall on market day in Mawsynram. Picture:
Amos Chappele/Rex/australscope
YOU might need a bigger umbrella — in fact, you might need a stash of them.
And forget sunglasses because you’ll be lucky to see many rays in
the wettest place on Earth. Perched atop a ridge in the Khasi Hills of
India’s north east, the village of Mawsynram is subject to the highest
average rainfall on the planet.![Rainwater surges through Mawsynram Village during a heavy downpour. Picture: Amos Chappel](http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/855226-d903cce0-58c3-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
Rainwater surges through Mawsynram Village during a heavy downpour. Picture: Amos Chappele/Rex/australscope
![In the two peak monsoon months of June and July Mawsynram is hit with an average 275 inch](http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/855663-05a3050e-58c4-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
In the two peak monsoon months of
June and July Mawsynram is hit with an average 275 inches of rain.
Picture: Amos Chappele/Rex/australscope
The village receives a whopping 467 inches of rain per year thanks to summer air currents sweeping over the floodplains of Bangladesh and gathering moisture as they move north.
![Perched atop a ridge in the Khasi Hills of India's north east, the village of Mawsynram i](http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/855278-e72b8e8e-58c3-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
Perched atop a ridge in the Khasi
Hills of India's north east, the village of Mawsynram is subject to the
highest average rainfall on the planet. Picture: Amos
Chappele/Rex/australscope
![Mawsynram receives constant rain. Picture: Amos Chappele/Rex/australscope](http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/855717-031e1170-58c4-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
Mawsynram receives constant rain. Picture: Amos Chappele/Rex/australscope
The end result is the near-constant rain the village is famous for.
![Labourers wearing traditional 'knup' umbrellas walk into Mawsynram. Picture: Amos Chappel](http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/855743-ea172f7c-58c3-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
Labourers wearing traditional 'knup' umbrellas walk into Mawsynram. Picture: Amos Chappele/Rex/australscope
![A farmer wearing a traditional 'knup' umbrella doesn't let the rain get in the way as he](http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/855464-de9d3baa-58c3-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
A farmer wearing a traditional 'knup'
umbrella doesn't let the rain get in the way as he works near
Mawsynram. Picture: Amos Chappele/Rex/australscope
Here, in the depths of the forest, bridges aren’t built — they’re grown.
![A fisherman walks under an ancient tree root bridge at Mawlynnong village. Picture: Amos](http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/855914-a781a41c-58c3-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
A fisherman walks under an ancient tree root bridge at Mawlynnong village. Picture: Amos Chappele/Rex/australscope
![Examples of the thin aerial rubber tree roots used by locals to creates bridges and ladde](http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/857077-ac4d2890-58c3-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
Examples of the thin aerial rubber
tree roots used by locals to creates bridges and ladders in and around
Mawsynram, which is the wettest place in the world. Picture: Amos
Chappele/Rex/australscope
Ancient tree vines and roots stretch across rivers and streams, creating a solid latticework structure that appears too fantastical to be real.
![A local man on the “double decker” tree root bridge in Nongriat Village, deep in the rain](http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/857190-bf484db2-58c3-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
A local man on the “double decker”
tree root bridge in Nongriat Village, deep in the rainforests of the
Indian state of Meghalaya. Picture: Amos Chappele/Rex/australscope
![Local woman Mary Synrem holds a young Ficus Elastica rubber tree root, the material used](http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/857629-c2247272-58c3-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
Local woman Mary Synrem holds a young
Ficus Elastica rubber tree root, the material used to construct the
tree root bridges in Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, India. Picture: Amos
Chappele/Rex/australscope
With Cherrapunji receiving around 15 metres of rain per year, a normal wooden bridge would quickly rot.
![A living tree root bridge deep in jungle near Nongriat Village, near Meghalaya, India. Pi](http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/857362-b9b7929a-58c3-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
A living tree root bridge deep in jungle near Nongriat Village, near Meghalaya, India. Picture: Amos Chappele/Rex/australscope
![Deep in the rainforests of the Indian state of Meghalaya lie some of the most extraordina](http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/857778-c5d76c26-58c3-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
Deep in the rainforests of the Indian
state of Meghalaya lie some of the most extraordinary pieces of civil
engineering in the world. Picture: Amos Chappele/Rex/australscope
![Tourists visiting Mawsynram will definitely need one of these, in fact maybe a few. Pictu](http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/858029-fb80b94a-58c3-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
Tourists visiting Mawsynram will definitely need one of these, in fact maybe a few. Picture: Amos Chappele/Rex/australscope
Farmers especially have developed ways to keep the rain at bay.
![The sign on the weather station on the outskirts of Mawsynram, India, says it all. Pictur](http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/858120-09edc4d2-58c4-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
The sign on the weather station on the outskirts of Mawsynram, India, says it all. Picture: Amos Chappele/Rex/australscope
![Goats shelter in a bus stop during nother drizzly afternoon in Mawsynram. Picture: Amos C](http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/857946-ed5ea8b8-58c3-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
Goats shelter in a bus stop during nother drizzly afternoon in Mawsynram. Picture: Amos Chappele/Rex/australscope
![Mawsynram Village, just don't expect a lot of sunshine. Picture: Amos Chappele/Rex/austra](http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/858500-e1b8dd30-58c3-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
Mawsynram Village, just don't expect a lot of sunshine. Picture: Amos Chappele/Rex/australscope
![A Khasi boy has his turban tightly twisted into place by his grandfather before an annual](http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/858526-0f6b4682-58c4-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
A Khasi boy has his turban tightly
twisted into place by his grandfather before an annual Khasi festival.
Picture: Amos Chappele/Rex/australscope
![People take part in a traditional Khasi festival in Mawsynram, which is the wettest place](http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2014/10/21/1227097/858554-1390f13a-58c4-11e4-9982-7891fa7cc08b.jpg)
People take part in a traditional
Khasi festival in Mawsynram, which is the wettest place in the world.
Picture: Amos Chappele/Rex/australscope
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