Straight from my 2017 diary, a day trip to Lake Baikal!
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Lake Baikal at Listvyanka – in Pictures
Happy Sunday all. Today is a post of pictures from Lake Baikal - the tourist town of Listvyanka, 60km or so from Irkutsk. Enjoy! Thanks for stopping by today - May the Journey Never End!
How I Escaped a Military Establishment in Russia!
‘Twas a coldish day in May, 2017, and I was staying for a few days in Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia, Northern Hemisphere, Earth, Milky Way Galaxy. When I say cold, I mean around 10 degrees, maybe a couple more, maybe a couple less. It’s hard to say, because in Russia, every day is cold, right? Of …
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Irkutsk – An introduction to Siberia and Eastern Russia
Last year I fulfilled one of the items on my bucket list, that was to take the trans-Mongolian through China, Mongolia and Russia to Moscow. On the way, I stopped off in a few cities/towns, and my first stop in Russia was the Siberian city of Irkutsk. It was a place I hadn’t heard, read …
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PanRussia Panorama – Irkutsk, Baikal and Ekanterinburg
Howdy folks and welcome again to another feast of wide photos! I’m splitting my Russian Panoramas into two sections, and today it’s, well, everything bar Moscow. The border town (with Mongolia) of Naushki was not a place to remember, but I feel this photo shows the viewer why. Irkutsk was a surprisingly pretty town which …
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Irkutsk
​So, I've been here in the Siberian city of Irkutsk (bar half a day at Listvyanka), since Tuesday. Tuesday I did the bulk of my sight seeing on that day. That cold, blustery day where the mercury hovered just above freezing and I encountered quite a few flurries of snow. Today it's time for the …
Lake Baikal at Listvyanka
Howdy all fron Russia! Today I had the chance to take a day trip to Lake Baikal. I'm stay in the city of Irkutsk, which is 63km from the town of Listvyanka, so I hopped on a mini-bus today and made my way down to see the world's largest inland lake, which holds something like …
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