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Snowy Siberia: Irkutsk and Lake Baikal
... not do justice to how enchanting they are but we'll try to give you an idea (I do suggest googling Nikita's as it's quite a fascinating establishment). The homestead is a series of big timber and log buildings, with turrets and stain glass windows. The whole compound is a continuous piece of artwork as there isn't a wall free of paintings or wooden post that hasn't been carved into flowers and faces. Even our room was full of kitschy crafts and photos and had a feature ...
Train of thought
... has enough money to basically choose where to live and where to travel and kills me by saying he is almost done with his world travels. He quickly reconsiders and aknowledges that it probably will never stop. I get all kind of pointers for future destinations. As we pass Ulan Ude, I get back on my instant menu and get a little bit of home feeling in this long distance train. At 6 pm we arrive in Nauski at the Russian border. After an hour of passport checking where your document is ...
до свида
... Euro) really cheap.
Listvyanka itself didnt really blow my mind but the surrounding landscape was stunning. Hills fully packed with red, yellow and green birches rising right behind the lake shore and rugged cliffs rising some 50 or 60 meters above the water. We spent our time climbing the hills and walking along the shore before we ate some lunch at the beach. Then we decided to see whats on the other side of the little village and wandered through the ...
A bit like Bletchley high street....
... local church.
28th September
The majority of the day was spent updating the blog which had become quite behind and finalising plans for our new journey home. Later in the afternoon we went for a walk around Irkutsk to make sure we were not missing anything, after realising we weren’t, we went for lunch. I had Stroganoff and Vodka, when in Rome and all that. Ryan had pasta and a beer, not quite so traditional, we then thought it ...
Sleepless in Siberia
... factoids for you - Lake Baikal (pronounced Back-eye) is the deepest lake in the world and also the oldest having been formed 50 million years ago. It is 1637meters deep, 400 miles long and between 20 and 40 miles wide. It is known as the ‘Blue eye of Siberia’ contains 20,000 cubic kilometres of water (roughly 20%25 of the world’s freshwater supplies) and if all the rest of the world’s drinking water ran out tomorrow, Lake Baikal could supply ...
