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Snowy Siberia: Irkutsk and Lake Baikal
... to Baikal, everyone was friendly, receptive and very helpful. The bus ride to Baikal was a proper roller coaster and those roads certainly rival Mongolia for some of the worst in the world. We stopped occasionally to pick up or drop people off and one unexpected tire change. When we arrived at the ferry, there was a short wait and we all went to a small timber tea house for a cuppa. Mitch and I enjoyed watching as each car load of islanders rocked up and greeted each other ...
Train of thought
... And actually Chinese now and called Transmongolian. And empty. I get my own cabin which shares a little bathroom with my cabin neighbour. I am ecstatic and start working out immidiately. Who knows how long my luck lasts. After I remember Dima's words that the route should get us by Baikal lake around 6.30 am so I jump out of my cabin for an amazing sunrise over the lake that is covered with a little bit of fog. Snow covered trees in between makes this an amazingly peaceful ...
до свида
... small city, but in fact it has a population of almost 600 000. The calm an relaxing atmosphere at the old center of Irkutsk makes you think it was much smaller than it actually is. Also there are about 100 000 students living and studying here which gives the town kind of a chilling touch. After wandering the city for a while, also enjoying the sun at the Angara river, we wanted to see where the main bus terminal was because we were planning to go to Listvyanka the next ...
A bit like Bletchley high street....
... ago as a result of the earth’s crust moving apart which it is still doing at a centimetre a year. The lake is home to many different and unique species including seals and a particular fish called Omal which is only found in Biakal. They have tried to breed Omal elsewhere without success. Around the lake suffers from roughly 10 earth tremors per day most of which are never felt. From the museum we went to a viewing point and then onto a local market. From ...
Sleepless in Siberia
... This was pretty well hidden in one of the valleys along the lake, blink and you might just miss it assuming it was just a scrap yard, but when you look more closely there are all sorts of sculptures, from firemen to dogs and knights on horses; is was pretty cool and with an honest box to pay 30roubles (60p) it was definitely worth a trip.
On our way back from Retro park we stumbled upon a coffee shop, we were drawn in by the big wooden horse and donkey ...
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