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You should have plenty of similar lush green fields as well in the Philipines?

Yes, in my hometown, but not as vast as the one you walked and it only happens if the land is not cultivated for rice farming for about 3 months.

I'm not sure what they do with this farm land, seems like a bit of waste not growing anything. I can only think it's not viable to farm due to the high cost in UK