Crossing the Sharyn Gov

Hills north of Shar Khuls

Approaching Shar Khuls

After the barren desert, the trees of Shar Khuls Oasis were a pleasant surprise

Looking south across the oasis

Desert poplars at the oasis

Meadowlands at the oasis

Zevgee filling our water jugs at Shar Khuls

Upper meadow at Shar Khuls. This is probably where the Roerich Expedition camped in 1927.

Another view of the oasis

We camped at the edge of the oasis to avoid contact with the Gobi bear which was living at the oasis when we were there.

Ovoo reputedly built by the 13th Dalai Lama when he camped here in 1904.

Medicinal spring below the ovoo. The Dalai Lama prophezied that the water from this spring would one day save the lives of local people. Locals now claim the water cures a form of throat cancer now prevalent in the southern Gobi.

Brothers Khaidav and Davakhoo at the Dalai Lama's Ovoo.

Zevgee and his wife at the oasis.