On the way to Ekhin Gol, with the Khavtsgayn Mountains to the north.

Khavtsgayn Mountains

Segs Saikhan Bogd Uul, the Sacred Mountain of Bayankhongor, in the distance. Two years earlier I had climbed this mountain.

Ekhin Gol Oasis

Our group at the Ja Lama Ovoo on the outskirts of Ekhin Gol

The Ja Lama Ovoo, named after the notorious warlord and bandit, Dambijantsan (Ja Lama), who made Ekhin Gol his headquarters back in the 1920s.

Ja Lama Hill, on top of which is the ovoo. Ja Lama's men used this hill as a lookout post.

Another view of Ja Lama Hill

From Ekhin Gol we took a jeep 108 miles north to Shinjinst and from there to Ulaan Baatar

Colorful rocks of Noogon Tsav, on the way from Ekhin Gol to Shinjinst. Dinosaur bones have been found here

Zevgee, chief camel man

Zevgee's wife Tumen-Olzii

Translator Zolzaya, a.k.a., The Mummy

Zolzaya stuffing her pie hole

My trusty white camel which carried me 167 miles from Amarbuyant to Ekhin Gol with minimal complaints. If only human beings were so dependable . . .