baikaleast

"You can find something better than death everywhere"

Julia Gankina

24 / Female

Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, Russia

About baikaleast

Budding Member | Member since 25th Jan 09

Citizenship: Russia
Marital Status: Married
About baikaleast:

Practically from the very birth I am close to the blue eye of our planet, Lake Baikal, loving it with every my cell.
I have been working independent with tourists of different level for above six years by now, with those from rest amateurs to people who usually visit Baikal for research and scientific purposes.

Hobbies:

Travel, foreign languages, cultural history, psychology.

Favourite places:

Lake Baikal, Ulan-Ude, Irkutsk.

Activity : photos (14) forum (5) guide (0) blog (3) diary (0) trips (0)

Latest Blog Entry

Excursions in the Lake Baikal region

Posted by baikaleast | 11th November 2009

If your time is limited, and you plan only a short stop in the Lake Baikal region, but you want your time to be well spent and you want to discover something new, visit interesting places, experience new things...

I would like recommend you some possibilities for the interesting excursions:

Excursion to the Ivolginskij Tempel (40 km from Ulan-Ude).
This is a unique Buddhist temple complex widely known abroad Russia. Most of the guests who visit Republic of Buryatia seek to visit this temple surrounded with a picturesque neighborhood. Here you will learn the history of how Buddhism penetrated into Russia, will find out about the Dashi Tchojkhorling Institute. The name means "wheel of learning, which brings happiness". Here future lamas, healers and specialists in Oriental and Tibetan culture study. You can visit an actrologer or a specialist in Tibetan medicine. And on festive days you may get a chance to see the imperishable unique body of Pandido-Khambo Lama Dashi Dor

Continued | Travel to Lake Baikal