21.   Within a few clicks, I found a laughably paradisiacal photo of limestone cliffs rising from turquoise sea, bordered by white-sand beaches.

22.   By day, Salleh Abidin is a mild-mannered rice farmer, tending the lush paddies that cushion the limestone cliffs along the Thai border.

23.   Monsoon clouds scrape jagged limestone cliffs that plunge into the dawning sea.

24.   The property, which adjoins a tributary of the Middle Bosque River, features waterfalls cascading over limestone cliffs, hiking trails and plains of native grasses and wildflowers.