Having left Ulaanbaatar I managed to get to Ulan Ude, Russia in one day. That included getting through the border. Met up with some of theKudu Adventures group who I had met in Ulaanbaatar. They are doing a guided round the world motorbike tour.

In Ulan Ude they have this huge head of Lenin. I tried to get David Bailey to take a photo of me with the 'Head' but he was on another photo shoot so I had to make do with the bag lady. She clearly had difficulty composing the picture. Either that or she does not like the top of Lenin's head.