"Ulan Ude in Winter, what a great place" Top 5 Page for this destination Ulan-Ude by suvaa003

Ulan-Ude Travel Guide: 39 reviews and 85 photos

We stayed 3 days in Ulan Ude. It was a stop on the Trans mongolian. We did not stay in a hotel, but in a home stay. Luckely the adres was in the centre. Our host spoke fluent french. A shmae we did not, but we could cummunicate weel. As I do speak a little russian. Ulan Ude is not big, but not small either. It had a great atmosfhere. We did a lot of walking, anf must say it was quit cold, the coldest they we had dropped to -40.

lake baikal in the winter

One of the nice things of treveling by trai is seeing so much. You ass lake baikal and I can tell you it wonderfull in the winter. We went there in the summer time too, but winter is almost better.

Pros and Cons

Pros:nice town, nice people and a mixrure of culture
Cons:no smoking in restaurants and pubs.
In a nutshell:good place of the almost beaten track

Last visit to Ulan-Ude: Dec 2004
Intro Updated Feb 8, 2005
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Reviews (8)

not a danger, be aware, sometimes the... Warnings Or Dangers (1)

Yes It did happen to us. We had creditcards with us. The dutch readers will know the postbankcard, that one worked in... more travel advice

walking around town Things to Do (1)

Ah what we always do, is just walk around the town, and see. It is a pleasant town, not to busy, and lots of new and old... more travel advice

Take warm clothes in the winter What to Pack (1)

We had a great back, and small rucksacks, traveling first class that was fine, but if you go coupe it can be to... more travel advice

The Russia, train number two Transportation (1)

We traveled from St Petersburg to Ekaterinburg and from there to Ulan Ude. Can tell you it was great we traveled on the... more travel advice

Off The Beaten Path (1)
Budist temple outside town
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Comments (6)

yumyum Feb 2, 2008 at 2:11 AM Report Abuse

It looks great in winter!
globetrott Jul 22, 2005 at 2:13 AM Report Abuse

an interesting page & great pics of Russia off the beaten path !
buba13 Apr 3, 2005 at 10:57 AM Report Abuse

love your page, great tips and great pics
bijo69 Mar 18, 2005 at 4:51 AM Report Abuse

Brilliant winter photos!!! Thanks a lot for your nice birthday wishes!!
albertvandv Feb 28, 2005 at 9:59 AM Report Abuse

great page yet again
bugulma Jan 18, 2005 at 1:15 AM Report Abuse

WOW!!! I've never seen so HUGE head of Lenin!!!!! I thought it was long time ago when such monuments existed but I see it's still popular :-)))