My first day in Ulan Ude, I explored the older part of town. On the second day, I went out to the Ivolginsky Datsan, the center of Russian Buddism.
First sight of Sovetov Square
Biggest Lenin’s head statue
Walking towards the old town
The opera house
Dancers (outside the opera house)
Across from the opera house
The star, a relic of Soviet days
Building detail
Heading towards the old city
Building along the pedestrian only street
More buildings in the pedestrian zone
Ulan Ude’s pedestrian street
Old wooden house in Ulan Ude
Orthodox Church, Ulan Ude
The older part of town: plenty of wooden houses
Old part of Ulan Ude
Ornate wooden fretwork
Street of wooden houses
World’s largest Lenin head dwarfs me
That’s better – you can see me now!
Orthodox buildings, Ulan Ude
Street view Ulan Ude
Prayer wheel at the Ivolginsky Datsan
Prayer flags
Some buildings in the datsan
Colorful buildings
Building at Ivolginsky datsan
Deer at the datsan
Deer roof details
Ivolginsky Datsan
Old Soviet train near the Ulan Ude train station
Side view, Soviet train
Old war canteen
Signage – seemed like a Soviet remnant
trails untrod 