Hotel Irkutsk
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Back on board
Irkutsk. I board the train in a little over two hours for the marathon leg to Moscow. I have had the day to explore Irkutsk and I think I have effectively managed to circumnavigate it twice. After shopping for train supplies and an unsuccessful search for a bookstore that sells English books yesterday, today was free to explore and photograph. This …
Irkutsk
Nach einer abendteuerlichen Minibusfahrt und einer anschliessend rassanten Taxifahrt von Listvyanka nach Irkutsk kamen wir, zu unserer Ueberraschung, heil in unserem Hotel an. Irkutsk gefaellt uns ausserordentlich gut. Die Stadt hat viel Gruenanlagen und schmucke alte Holzhaeuser. In der ganzen Stadt scheint eine Aufbruchstimmung zu herschen, …
Happy Birthday to ME!
I had so much fun in Mongolia, it was sad to leave but I had to move on. The next stop on the Trans Mongolian voyage would be Irkutsk. An interesting city it seems, its main attraction is Lake Baikal. This is the world's largest fresh water lake, containing 20% of our planets fresh water. Reading up on Lake Baikal was interesting. It measures over …
Snowy Siberia: Irkutsk and Lake Baikal
... there weren't any other guests that night so we went back to our room and played cards, listened to music and drank vodka in true Russian fashion. Big thanks to Mitch for making it one of my most memorable birthdays ever. I couldn't ask for a better man and consider myself truly blessed to be able to share all these experiences with him! On our second day, along with another Russian couple, we took an excursion to the North Island. There was no sun and the wind was ...
Welcome to Russia, Comrade!
... so that they could search the traditional stowage points, looking for what I can only assume we're scratches on screws because they looked at the screws very closely.
At least this time I knew they wanted me to step out of the compartment, not the train. At the Mongolian border the customs officer was waiting patiently while I pulled on my boots, and jumper and I was halfway through putting on my coat when he said "not the train, the compartment" or ...
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