Sometimes.
This morning I took a 7-hour bus ride from Ulan-Ude north to Ust-Barguzin. There’s this guy here, called Alex Beketov, who has a homestay and purportedly can arrange hiking trips – no matter if you’re alone! he said by email. Feh.
His proposal is for me to borrow his tent and to hike alone to the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Lake Baikal’
Mysterious Baikal
Posted in Russia, tagged hiking, Lake Baikal, Russia, vodka on June 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Jeez it’s been almost two weeks since I posted! Well I have an excuse: yesterday I returned from a 7-day hiking trip along the western shore of Lake Baikal. On the trip I learned many things, including that hiking up fairly steep hills after spending the past 6 weeks just sitting around on trains means [...]
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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