Atsagatsky Lamasery

the main temple

May 20th 2009
We arrived in Ulan-Ude about 6 am. We had a home stay with Andrey and Svetlana. Andrei picked us up at the station. At their home we had a good breakfast with pancakes that Svetlana had prepared for us . We had some rest and about 11 we left with Andrey to visit the Atsagatsky Buddhist Lamasery. The last Tzar also consulted the Lamas in this temple. The journey from the city to there was really e ... read more

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We are a couple, Benoit and Robson who decided to tour the world for 1 year. This blog was to keep contact with family and friends. Our trip started in April 2009 and we came back home in April 2010. From London we headed east with Istanbul as our first stop. Six months later, in October 2009 we ended up in Brazil where we stayed till April 2010. We mainly stayed in the state of Santa Catarina where Robson's family lives. We however mangaged to travel quite a bit as well, to the North, the Amazon, Curitiba, Rioa Grande do Sul and ... we went to Rio and participated i... full info

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