Providing a neat book-end to my time in western Baikal, I am again awake at 6:30 am, sitting at the kitchen table of Baikaler hostel. In two hours I’ll be on a train to Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia and the biggest city on the east side of Lake Baikal.
This time, instead of my sinuses [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Irkutsk’
Sleepless in Irkutsk
Posted in Planning, Russia, tagged Baikal, China, Irkutsk, Mongolia, Russia, Severobaikalsk, Ulan Ude on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Shashlik smells yummy. Shaman stinks.
Posted in Russia, tagged Abakan, Irkutsk, Kyzyl, Lake Baikal, Olkhon Island, Russia, shaman, Tuva on June 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It’s 6:30 am in Irkutsk, about 40 km from Lake Baikal. I’m at the kitchen table at Baikaler Hostel, a remarkably friendly, clean, well-run place owned by a native Irkutskian. Seems like I had to come 2000 km east of Moscow to find some decent backpacker accommodation. My sinuses have me up before everyone else [...]
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