Day 126 Aug 13 Mon - Wild camp - Elista

Hotel Elista 1000RR
Street outside hotel , noticed that chinese style of lampost and roof of the shop

Don't be mistaken, we are not in Tibet ,China

ant chess at the square

From Astrakhan to Elista , a distance of 330km of semi desert land
Russian camel , but I haven't seen a real one yet I presume he must be Buddha Shakyamuni?

Today's Distance: 45km
Today's Temp: 24 - 34 c
Average Speed: 18.8 max : 48.5
Time on Bike: 2 hr 20 min
Average climb: 1% max: 12%
Trip Altitude: 258m max: 335m
Today's spending: 734RR
Total Distance to date: 8230 km
Total spending to date: 2656 RR

Elista - What a lovely town with a beautiful name!!!! The English teacher whom I met on the way was right. Elista is indeed beautiful and clean. She reminded me that you must visit "The Golden Temple Of Buddha Shakyamuni" The Temple was built on a strategic location on top of a hill slope surrounded by trees and houses.There are 4 main gates outside its compound and similarly 4 main doors to the building. No camera allowed inside and we took photos at the compound. As we rode further to the town centre, the feeling like we were back into China once again! Many buildings ,lamp posts and streets with Chinese architectures . The locals look like Chinese but they are not! They are actually the generations from the ancient Mongolians who were once nearly conquared the whole Europe. Their great leader Genghis Khan picture frame can be seen around town. We put up at Hotel Elista for 1000RR a day.