Russia – Cossacks & the Dalai Lama – mile 4,194 (8th June)
June 8th 2012 Where are we – a Buddhist Republic, tea plantations & rice paddies?
No its not some exotic Asia destination – its Russia and the European part of Russia at that. On one particular day we start with Buddhist temples in Elista, cross Cossack territory with its golden onion domed churches and end up passing mosques in the snowy Caucuses Mountains.
Crossing the Ukraine-Russia border was surprisi
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