Rice paddies in the valley along the Srinagar-Leh highway, about 5 km short of my final medical camp, in Ganderbal.

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Gujjar dwellings (lower right) along the slopes of the Pehlgum Valley.  Gujjars (and Bakerwals) build temporary structures in which they live for a few months, before moving on to greener pastures.

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A guide bringing down horses in the Pehlgum Valley.  Local guides with horses congregate in the Valley in July each year to take pilgrims to the Armanath Cave, a famous Hindu shrine.

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Pehlgum Valley.

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Rice paddies in the valley along the Srinagar-Leh highway, about 10 km short of my final medical camp, in Ganderbal.

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Rice paddies in the valley along the Srinagar-Leh highway, about 10 km short of my final medical camp, in Ganderbal.

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Rice paddies in the valley along the Srinagar-Leh highway, about 5 km short of my final medical camp, in Ganderbal.

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