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  • Baikalsk r...

    Siberia313.jpg Baikalsk railway station (which, for some reason, is several kilometers out of town), whence we caught a train to Ulan-Ude. image by smiesj

  • This was a...

    Siberia316.jpg This was a westbound train, but the livery is identical to that of the one we took to Ulan-Ude. image by smiesj

  • Travelling...

    Siberia320.jpg Travelling <i>kupe</i>: Scott is happy to be out of Baikalsk. image by smiesj

  • I\'m just ...

    Siberia321.jpg I\'m just happy to be on a train. In this case, train 340 from Moscow to Chita. image by smiesj

  • Thomas cat...

    Siberia324.jpg Thomas catches some Zs. image by smiesj

  • Upon disco...

    Siberia326.jpg Upon discovering our nationalities, this gentleman embarked on a lengthy diatribe about the second world war; he also insisted on being called \"tovarich.\" image by smiesj

  • View from ...

    Siberia327.jpg View from room 1208 of the Buryatia hotel in south-easterly direction. image by smiesj

  • View conti...

    Siberia328.jpg View continued, tracking right to look due south. image by smiesj

  • View conti...

    Siberia329.jpg View continued, now looking south-west. At the bottom of the slope is Lenin street. image by smiesj

  • Daily gate...

    Siberia365.jpg Daily gate to the Ivolginski <i>datsan</i> (Buddhist temple). Once inside the gate, one is supposed to pass clockwise along the outer perimeter, in order to cleanse oneself spiritually before entering the <i>datsan</i> itself. image by smiesj

  • Just insid...

    Siberia364.jpg Just inside the gate, a sign instructs you not to argue. image by smiesj

  • The circui...

    Siberia332.jpg The circuit of the perimeter is teeming with prayer wheels, with less-than-subtle encouragements to give a donation at each one. This adds up. image by smiesj

  • A treeful ...

    Siberia333.jpg A treeful of prayer flags. One writes one\'s prayer on the flag, and supposedly the wind will convey your prayer to the powers that be. image by smiesj

  • Scott, wit...

    Siberia336.jpg Scott, with a closer look at a prayer wheel. image by smiesj

  • Scott spin...

    Siberia337.jpg Scott spins a prayer wheel. Note that this is a different prayer wheel from the one in the previous photo. I stopped taking pictures of them after I ran out of small change, which was remarkably quickly. image by smiesj

  • A clutch o...

    Siberia338.jpg A clutch of houses in the compound; fairly typical Siberian designs. image by smiesj

  • Our guide ...

    Siberia340.jpg Our guide (in white T-shirt) answers some questions. image by smiesj

  • On the far...

    Siberia341.jpg On the far side of the compound, looking through to the main gate. image by smiesj

  • More praye...

    Siberia342.jpg More prayer flags. image by smiesj

  • Yours trul...

    Siberia347.jpg Yours truly; Thomas on the far right, and Andre (from the Evenk trail team) center. image by smiesj
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