Listviyanka

The Market - thousands of Russians here having barbecue and getting hammered but as you see from the other images none of them go around the cliffs at all and ignore the lake scenery - nuts! - but you have to admire their comittment to boozing!

Irkutsk - Listviyanka and the Lake via an explosive bus station!

May 3rd 2008
Florian and I manage to scramble out of bed early after a late night of rowdy behaviour. We walk over to the bus station which is about an a fourty five minute walk and arrive at a scene of chaos. Lonneke is in tears at the bus counter and quickly grabs me to come and talk to the Russian lady behind the counter. i am not sure what is going on or what my limited Russian can do but it seems that Lon ... read more

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