[posted from Ulan Ude. It's sort of a day-in-the-life-of type post. Enjoy.] Chuckle chuckle. How my fortunes can change, in just a day! I was in the middle of writing a frustrated report from Ust-Barguzin. It was going something like this: ——————– If I write a book about my travels in Russia, the working title [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ulan Ude’
The invisible city
Posted in Russia, tagged Russia, Ulan Ude on June 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Lonely Planet calls it “one of the most likeable cities in Eastern Siberia.” The Australian cousins sent me email giving me tips: “If you go there – and you HAVE to go there…” they liked it so much. Either there are two Ulan Udes, or they are crazy, or I’m missing something. You know the [...]
Sleepless in Irkutsk
Posted in Planning, Russia, tagged Baikal, China, Irkutsk, Mongolia, Russia, Severobaikalsk, Ulan Ude on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Providing a neat book-end to my time in western Baikal, I am again awake at 6:30 am, sitting at the kitchen table of Baikaler hostel. In two hours I’ll be on a train to Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia and the biggest city on the east side of Lake Baikal. This time, instead of my [...]
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