In these areas the polo ground is the essential element of any locality, from gilgit to skardu to the most famous shandur !! Fairy Meadows has its own Polo Ground, though not a very exquisite one but still serves the purpose

On our way to Gilgit

Gilgit River

Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan

Gilgit, PAKISTAN.

Gilgit, Pakistan

Contax RTS II, Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f/1.4 Fujichrome RDP. May 1987

A dance troupe at the Shandur Polo Festival. July 2006

To reach Yasin one must take the Karakoram Highway north from Islamabad, and then turn left to reach Gupis in Ghizar. After Gupis, one continues northwest to reach the Yasin Valley. Yasin valley has a spectacular natural beauty.

Gilgit, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan

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Gilgit

On the outskirts of Gilgit.

Students from a school supported by Hashoo Foundation.

General view of the mountains surrounding Gilgit.

Gilgit Baltistan, June'14

Fully terminated, light blue beryl crystal. Great luster, clean crystal faces, with no damage...From Gilgit, Pakastan

Himalayan Ibex (Capra ibex sibirica) is symbol of arid and rocky mountain of Karakoram, Hindukush and Himalayas of Gilgit-Baltistan.captured at

Khunjerab National Park

with Canon 6D Mark II

An elderly man photographed at Rahimabad - Gilgit