"Welcome to Mother Russia.....get out your roubles.... We definately ran out of time in Mongolia. Great place and so much to see and do, especially out in the country side. For us t ..."
A travel blog entry from Irkutsk by
siandcath
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"So I made it to Irkutsk, the third and last stop in Russia, and what an adventure it was getting here! The train was one of the most amazing things I've ever done! I had this idea ..."
A travel blog entry from Irkutsk by
roadtrip
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"Arriving in Irkutsk in the early morning we got met at the station by a local affiliated travel agent. She had our onward train tickets and assisted us in finding the left luggage ..."
""To be honest, I have a problem with the whole idea of the talking snake. I mean even if it didn't talk, and just sort of plonked the apple down and nodded towards it, I'd be suspi ..."
A travel blog entry from Irkutsk by
foolsgold
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"The train station was massive in its confusing chaos of Chinese travellers pushing their way to their trains while foreign tourists stared in wonder at signs that seemed to contrad ..."
"Okay, well after two days on a train that went through a desert I was definately ready to get off this train. Mongolia was a beautiful country, and I wish we could have spent some ..."
"Well, I'm officially in Siberia! Irkutsk is a lovely little city (600,000 bods) sitting at the gateway to Lake Baikal (the deepest lake in the world and contains 1/5 of the worlds ..."
A travel blog entry from Irkutsk by
susan_g
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"Choo Choo, all aboard for the train enthusiasts amongst you. 4 nights, 3 days, 77 hours on board a train with stops of no more that 25 minutes 2 or 3 times a day. No Showers, no pe ..."
A travel blog entry from Irkutsk by
irax
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"Irkutsk was founded in 1651 as a fort town to control the local northern Mongol people, and later became eastern Siberia's administrative centre, through gold rushes and the formal ..."
"March 14th We opted to travel first class on the russian train (a carriage to ourselves rather than having to share with two others). The compartment itself was comfortable with ho ..."
A travel blog entry from Irkutsk by
meandher
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Irkutsk, Russia
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