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Ulan-Ude Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation
Leaving Russia
This is a top pick! ... you. Lots of piccies but still no USB port:-( Yesterday we visited a typical Buryat tent (Buryat's are the people who live in Ulan Ude, very like Mongolians). We had typical food - dumplings called Poozy's and a horrible sour milk drink. We also had a ...
Passing into Russia. First impressions.
This is a top pick! ... we'd be 'introduced' to some sort of official and sure enough, at some ungodly hour we were awoken by a gruff Russian boarder official requesting we handover our passports. Following the usual anal inspection of seemingly every page of the passport, and ...
Off to the land of Ghengis Khan!
This is a top pick! It took us 8 hours to get to Olhon Island, even though its not that far away, but since the roads aren't paved and you have to wait for a ferry to take you from the mainland to this island in Lake Baikal it takes a while. we stayed with a fishermans ...
Nyet Vodka
... we are surrounded by Russians socializing and drinking on the train, we decided to join in and pick up some Vodka at Ulan-Ude for a proper Russian nightcap. I first hiked up to a nearby hill to get a look at a Russian church topped with a lovely copper ...
One additional (unplanned) day in Russia
... stop at Ulan-Ude Across the various hostels in Russia (except for Moscow ;-)) we had seen this weird advertisement for the Ulan-Ude Travelers House, with pictures of tourists making weird picture jokes with a Lenin statue head. Looking at it we said ...
Back in the USSR!
... my initial rudeness to him, turned out to be quite a nice fellow and kept offering me chocolate. We eventually arrived, exhausted, in Ulan-Ude, around 9:30 at night. The train stopped for 45 minutes, so in that time, Vitaly jumped out, carried my ...
A traditional village on the shores of Lake Baikal
... small picnic as we waited for our ride to pick us up. The following day the minibus arrived at 0615 at the door and after saying good-bye and thanking my hosts for their incredible hospitality I boarded the bus and was bounced and bumped back to ...
Ulan-Ude
... kurz das Zentrum erkundet haben sind wir dann auf den russischen Ballenberg gegangen. Das ist ein eindrueckliches Freilichtmuseum. Ulan - Ude ist bereits unser letzter Stopp in Russland. Morgen muessen wir uns definitv von diesem grossen, ...
Ulan-Ude
The next day I arrived in Ulan-Ude. The city is distinctly different from what I believed would be Russian. The majority of residents are Buriat, who are descendants of Mongolia, and had occupied the land before the Russians. However, ...
Exploring small villages
... lovely daughters and that's all we need". As I travelled quite a lot around Baikal, I can also compare Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude, as people regularly connect the lake only with Irkutsk, even though it's almost as easily accessible from Ulan-Ude. I ...
Goodbye Russia hello Mongolia
... the local Budhist Monastries, and Gordon (after an extended toilet stop...had to happen eventually) at the local Natural History Museum. Ulan Ude is a lot more like we expect Ulan Bator to be, lots more Mongolian people already, although no surprise as ...
Come and keep your comrade warm!
Hey guys - it's going to be a quick post because I'm in an internet cafe and want to get going. Last night, I stayed in discussing Russia with the only other person in the hostel, a Canadian girl from the east coast. We were going to go out ...
Trans Mongolian meets Trans Siberian Express
... who were up for anything and hopefully we will see the all in Oz. Anyway I digress, we joined the Trans Siberian train line at Ulan Ude where we stopped for a leg stretch and to buy giant bottles of beer and look at girls in hot pants and short ...
Exhausted (or hungover?) in Ulan-Ude
The past couple of days have been quite intensive since I arrived in Ulan-Ude on Thursday. I got to know some local students, who first took me to a night club on Thrusday night and the day before yesterday to lake Baikal, ...
Give the cat some fish
... and a really interesting porridge. We could live here forever and ever and ever. We swear that there's a great heroic Russian ex-table tennis champion living here who plays with Nikita faster than lightning and teaches the kids to move. He invited ...
big heads and Buddhas in Buryatia
... started to regain pride in their ethnic and Buddhist roots, which were strongly suppressed under communism. The main attraction in Ulan Ude city itself is the gigantic Lenin head that looms over Ploschad Sovietov, the main square. It's the biggest ...
Russia!
... reinforced the thought. OK. No platzkartny, and DEFINITELY go for train 9/10 that has a shower. Hmmm... Welcome to Ulan Ude. I figured (correctly) that this would be a long stop, so I got out and stretched my legs. There ...
Russia at last
I'll add more text later, but I got some nice pictures attached of Ulan Ude and the town of Goryachinsk next to Ulan ...
Trans Mongolische Express TME
Trans Mongolische Express De laatste dag in Irkutsk spendeerden we aan een grote wandeling door de stad. Deze moesten we, vroeger dan gepland, afbreken. Het begon te sneeuwen, maar dan op z'n Siberisch, wat wil zeggen: ééérg veel hele kleine vlokjes ...
Driving On THIN ICE
... turned up to pick us up I what looked like a tough version of an old VW camper but turned out to be an old 4WD Russian military van. The view of the Island form the ice was breathtaking as the tall magestic cliffs rose from the ice. There were also alot ...
Buddha siberiano
... le amiche danesi dicono sia molto buono: e' ovvio che lo dicono solo per non ferire il mio orgoglio culinario italiano. Arrivo a Ulan Ude nel tardo pomeriggio e mi sorbisco la solita scarpinata alla ricerca di un letto: Hotel Baikal, bello ma no grazie ...
12 inch Lenin head on Italian to go please
After again going to bed far too late and drunk, we just managed to make it on to the train to Ulan-Ude. We promptly fell asleep for nearly the whole journey although Amy was woken up by a small Russian girl who kept slapping her feet. We ...
Finnish elephant is the best friend of the Russian
... hyvaa, mutta Golden Gobi oli lahempana ja helpompi loytaa niin menimme sinne. Ei huvittanut liiemmin kavella pahamaineisilla Ulan Batorin kaduilla keskella yota kaikkine kamoineen. Hostelli on osoittautunut parhaimmaksi ja hauskimmaksi tahan mennessa. UB ...
Ulan Ude, Russia
... apartment is great. The largest Lenin's Head statute in the world is right around the corner from it. During my stay in Ulan Ude, I visited a couple of monasteries. Again they reminded me of the monasteries in Tibet. The waxed figure of Dalai Lama ...
A big Lenin head and a crazy minibus ride North.
... the central bus station at 0630 in the morning to board a minibus to Ust-Barguzin, the small Siberian village about 5hrs north of Ulan-Ude where I would be spending a couple days with the relatives of my Russian friend Nick. Although the bus started ...
Lake Bailkal - The Deepest in the World
Lake Baikal is the worlds deepest lake at 1,637 meters (5,371 ft) deep, its is also the largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, holding approximately twenty percent of the world's fresh water. If deepest and largest is not enough for you then its ...
Lake Baikal region
Baikal...How much this word means. Have you ever though about it? So, you live in the legendary place of the world and sometimes even don't know how many reserved secret places are there on our saint Baikal land. These places are very interesting for ...
