 | Irkutsk, Russian Federation |
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... half an hour to a little orthodox church instead. Was very small but pretty full of gold and icons everywhere. There were some Russian women doing some kind of a service with chanting, all v spiritual. Then to the Huskies! Emma, Declan and I had ...
... arrival in Irkutsk were transferred to a small village on the side of Lake Baikal called Bolshoe Golostnoe (about 110 km from Irkutsk). The train trip was actually quite enjoyable - we had our own carriage (2 berth) and bought enough supplies to feed a ...
... only phone in the village which worked intermittantly. We walked down to the edge of the lake to a tiny wooden orthodox russian church decorated with golden fittings on the roof and built / rebuilt entirely from local donations (although the service we ...
... . Eventually, after a total of twelve hours, we were allowed back on the train and made our way into the Russian countryside. The weather immediately became much colder and the grasslands gave way to forests and mountains. We had entered Siberia. ...
4/51 Piskunova St., Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russian Federation
Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russian Federation
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Excursions in the Lake Baikal region
Posted on Jun 5, 2009, 10:10:22
... of Buryatia you can visit the main Buddhist temples and sacred places: Ivolginskij Dazan - the center of Buddhism in the Russian Federation where one of the Buddhist miracles is situated - the imperishable body of Pandido-Khambo Lama Dashi Dorjo Itigelov, ...
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Trans- Siberian
Posted on Apr 3, 2009, 23:51:00
... by email again. Expect to pay by bank transfer rather than credit card. Reports also suggest they can't book Beijing-Irkutsk tickets, only Beijing-Krasnoyarsk and beyond, so by all means ask for Beijing-Irkutsk, but be prepared to accept an offer of ...
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TransSiberian Railway - September 2008
Posted on Apr 20, 2008, 22:04:06
... along the route... Roughly saying the itinerary goes as follows: Moscow (3-4 days) - Yekaterinburg (2 days) - Krasnoyarsk (2 days) - Irkutsk - Olkhon Island (2-3 days) - Listvyanka - Ulan Ude (2 days). (Severobaikalsk, north side of the lake remains an ...
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Trans Siberian Railway
Posted on Apr 21, 2006, 12:13:26
... year, apparently it might be necessary to book in advance. Cheapest fare I could find on the net was through russian agencies (see www.waytorussia.net): Moscow-Irkutsk 257 USD. I will post a reply in one month, once I get the price at Moscow train station ...
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