1.   The ganja farms increased in rapid frequency, with hastily erected tents dotting the hillsides.

2.   Children run through the fields and old men tell war stories in tents that dot the hillside.

3.   Galleries and studios dot the hillsides, and the road wiggles past resorts, cafes and spiritual retreats.

4.   Guardrails are largely absent, and testimony to the need for them dots some hillsides in the form of memorial crosses and rusted vehicle carcasses.

5.   Houses dotted lush hillsides laced with irrigation channels.

6.   Mass graves have been disturbed, as have the scores of skeletons that dot the hillsides.

7.   Small villages dot hillsides and sit in valleys among a mosaic of fields planted in corn, beans, fruits and vegetables.

8.   Faded letters from propaganda slogans dot hillsides.

9.   There is no way to transfer the warmth from the fire outside to the interior of the plastic huts that dot the hillsides of this tormented province.