Beyond the furry cactuses and palm trees, Singapore's ever-expanding skyline will be seen, somewhat surreally, through the greenhouse glass.

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They crouch behind plywood jails, sit on oil drums painted to look like horses and fire away at steel targets shaped like cowboys, cactuses, buffaloes or playing cards.

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We wound past cactuses and scrambled up rock terraces as we made our way toward the narrow ravine of Elves Chasm, one of the Grand Canyon's most picturesque side canyons.

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