click here for all of my photos from Ulan-Ude and Irkutsk
here are some of them:

biggest lenin head ever in ulan-ude
church in ulan-ude
church in ulan-ude
wooden houses, ulan-ude
wooden houses, ulan-ude
wooden houses, ulan-ude
church, irkutsk
fuzzy plants, irkutsk
nice sunny day. are we really in siberia?
church, irkutsk
ornate door of a church in irkutsk
our picnic at baikal eating smoked Omul
lake baikal
angry cows take over the road
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Ah! I think that white fluffy stuff is from the Poplar shedding it’s seeds. I read that it is a big problem, especially with allergy sufferers.
Here’s one quick article about it in Moscow. I’m sure it’s not limited to there though.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4106410.stm
yeah, my allergies have been going crazy ever since i first got here! every morning i wake up and feel absolutely awful. oh, and your comment didnt go through because any comment w/ a url will need to be aproved by me first before going live, so as to combat spam!
Ah I see about the url thing. After I posted the second time, I thought it was something like that! Not a bad idea!
Allergies can really drag you down. Your next destination should aleviate that problem! 🙂
beautyfull,
Good pictures of Ulan-Ude, but for somebody who’s not familiar with the city and wants to know more it’d be better to see more on every picture – like forests etc.