| The first time that I went to Ulan Ude
we all wanted to buy Stoli vodka. Turns out that the only place
to buy it was the state run store shown at the top. You handed
your money thought a slot in the metal clad door and they would
hand the vodka back out. They were half liter bottles with crooked
labels and a foil cap which you pealed off. If they sat on their
sides they leaked. Next door to the liqueur store was the prison
shown in the bottom picture. The walls were much like an old
stockade from the old West days. |
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