Angara River Siberia

... all of two hours, some of which involved looking inside more Russian Orthadox churches and then the bulk of it was a walk down the Angara River. We did pass a pretty cool statue of Yuri Gagarin on the way though, and for the benefit of all the Americans ...

... to see the (we assume completely frozen) Lake Baikal we wandered down to the Regional Museum on the banks of the frozen Angara River. This was also closed! Walking back into the heart of town we passed many traditional wooden cabins and the White ...

... and a smile and we’re good again.  Thanks mom.  We spent the evening walking along the embankment of the Angara River.  The weather was just like back home, sunny.  And for the first time since I arrived in Mother Russia, I ...

... Irkutsk train station to the Hotel Anastasia in Nikola, a small village 70 kilometers away at the junction of Lake Baikal and the Angara River, we accomplished in 45 minutes.  Had a doctor checked either Ho-Ki's or my blood pressure upon our arrival ...

... consisting of little dried whole fishes that I bought from some street vendors and then took a ferry back to Irkutsk up the Angara river (equally picturesque!) I went to buy a train ticket today to Ulan Baator and had a blast! I waited in line for ...

... too expensive, and was also very good in our opinions. The view from our room was astounding, we could see the whole of the Angara river and see the sunset and all the twinkling lights upon the river at night. An added bonus were the pool tables, but we ...

... but some churches and some interesting old houses. Since the weather was quite nice we were able to enjoy the view at the Angara river and walk a bit through the city before departing for Olkhon island in lake baikal tomorrow morning for a few days and ...

... I chose not to double-back when returning to the hotel and so altered my route so it would take me along the semi-frozen Angara River. If the city centre was cold, then the windchill coming off the river was unbearable! With wet socks and frozen toes, I ...

... , about 90km...it took us 5 days to walk, we stay the first night in Lydsvianka and the second day we wait all day to cross Angara river by boat...we had a night in Ludsvyanka, in a girl's flat that we met on the way, she receive us in the Russian ...

... other side of town by tram. We ended up walking as we couldn't figure out the tram stops. In the snow, crossing over the Angara River the city was dead quiet and still by 8am the sun was only just starting to wake up. Irkutsk is probably what you would ...