Blogs from Olkhon, Siberia, Russia, Europe

J'ai donc passé quelques jours sur l'ile d'Olkhlon, qui de trouve sur le lac Baikal. Le lac Baikal est le plus grand au monde, et c'est aussi une des fiertés de la Russie. On comprend pourquoi en le voyant, c'est vraiment très beau. De plus, la surface est encore en grande partie gelée en ce moment,ça ajoute un certain "cachet" :-) L'ile d'Okhlon constitue un très bon endroit pour en avoir plusieurs vues. Enplus c'est un endroit très préservé : pas de routes en béton, les maisons sont en bois. Par contre ça diit rapidement être plein de toutistes en été. Heureusement que ce n'est que le début de la saison touristique ! J'ai aussi pu rencontrer plusieurs voyageurs là bas, dont certains qui continuent sur la même route que moi. Demain : départ pour Oulan-Oude, ... read more

Next morning we headed to the bus stop and we found a group of people already waiting for the same minibus. We looked at each other and decide to wait anyway. We did not like the idea of waiting for the next one for 3h in freezing weather. The driver allowed us in but later on started to ask something about the phone. Good we had a Russian speaking Cyril with us but we still had no idea what he was on about. Apparently this bus is for bookings only so we were asked to leave very quickly. Shame that no one at Nikita's mentioned it to us. The driver obviously felt bed or just wanted more earnings, as he asked people to squeeze in and we managed to get place. Cyril was not very happy ... read more

Hallo again!! Just for all nationalities, we start to write in English. After a very funny night with 4 nice Germans in the Bierhaus/Irkutsk (we met the strawberry king of Irkutsk - Stefan - mi Erdbeere es su Erdbeere) we found finally our way to Lake Baikal after a bumpy busride and ferrytrip. It was a fantastic week camping in the forest with beach acces directly in front of our tent. Sandy white beaches with icecold crystalclear water made this island of Olkchon unforgetable, also Sascha and Anja, our friends living next to us and a Iwan the Russian policeman with his family. WODKA CONNECTING PEOPLE!!!! After all a magic place in the heart of Siberia - forget Chuschir - go wild in the nature on Olkchon. Next destination after going back to Irkutsk - MONGOLIA ... read more

Baikal Lake Area Hi Dear Friends! Sorry for not writing so long, it's not because we have forgotten about you. Since our last entry we crossed from Europe to Asia and after our adventureous trip on the Trans Siberian we arrived to Irkutsk on 1 October. 4 nights, 3 days on the train sounds horrible, but actually was not that bad... we shared our cabin with 2 Russian guys, both on a 7 day trip to Vladivostok... ouch... one of them was a military pilot. We asked him why he did not fly on this long trip, he said he does not trust the Russian commercial airlines... maybe he likes to be in control??? We had some funny chats with him and his friend, he understood approx 20 % of what we said in English, ... read more

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