Monday 24th July 2017 It was a rainy day and we stayed indoors, catching up on readings and emails, a holiday day chilling within the holiday itself. Tuesday 25th July 2017 We had breakfast at the hostel in the kitchen area where we met Somendrah Singh, an Indian photographer from Jaipur who was going on … More Krasnoyarsk & Stolby National Reserve
Sunday 23rd July 2017 – Krasnoyarsk Here are some photos from the train getting closer to Krasnoyarsk in the morning. After 18 hours of train and 1,050 kilometers, we arrived in Krasnoyarsk around 12pm. Here is a map to give an idea of the journey. Not a single train station has lifts in Russia which … More Krasnoyarsk Day 1
Saturday 22nd July 2017 Khuzir to Irkutsk to Krasnoyarsk The Krasnoiarsk group got picked up around 7.30am, and us around 8am. Right before to leave, there was the cat of the hostel who was playing with a field mouse. In our mini-bus this time, there was a Chinese couple, a Russian girl, a Swiss-German couple … More From Khuzhir to Irkutsk to Krasnoyarsk
Friday 21st July 2017 – Around Okhlon Island I woke up at the bungalow hostel, and had some of my left-over bread and nuts. I went to the kitchen to make a tea and a family of mum Svieta, daughter Maria-Martcha and dad Vladimir invited me to join their breakfast table and offered to me … More Olkhon Island & Lake Baikal legends
Thursday 20th July 2017 – From Irkutsk to Khuzhir I woke up around 8.30am, got the backpack ready and made some breakfast from some left-over good bread from the day before and honey and peaches. Then I went downstairs to wait for the mini-bus going to Khuzhir to pick me up and chatted with Nastia … More From Irkutsk to Khuzhir
Wednesday 19th July 2017 Irkutsk Here is a map of Russia to start with, where we can see Irkutsk ‘oblast’, this means region, where we were. I started the day by giving my laundry to wash. Then I walked towards Central Market and bumped into this advert for fur coats. Sounds definitely Russian to me! … More Irkutsk Day 2
Tuesday 18th July 2017 Irkutsk I woke up quite late and spent some time in the morning on gmail and What’s App and Hangout communicating with various people. It is amazing how addicted we can get to Google. 2 days in China without Google were enough! Saying that, I heard later that in China you … More Irkutsk Day 1
Sunday 16th July 2017 – Sydney to Shanghai I boarded the 10.20am flight in Sydney which got to Shanghai 10 hours later. Here is a map of the flight journey: The entire journey was pretty smooth. It was great to go above the beautiful North-East coastline of Australia and see the sunset from the plane. … More From Sydney to Shanghai to Irkutsk
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