Lake Baikal
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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dyna... [read more]
Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dyna... [read more] Blog: Swimming with two cute German girls in Siberia
Date: September 6th 2009
Piling out of the train at 6am in Irkutsk with creaking and cracking backs, knees, hips and shoulders, we were all looking forward to a hot shower and a decent stretch of the legs. Unfortunately we had an hour and a half drive up the road to the small lakeside town of Listvianka. The town is situated on the southern end of Lake Baikal, which is the eighth largest lake by area in the world but is t ... read more
Date: September 6th 2009
Piling out of the train at 6am in Irkutsk with creaking and cracking backs, knees, hips and shoulders, we were all looking forward to a hot shower and a decent stretch of the legs. Unfortunately we had an hour and a half drive up the road to the small lakeside town of Listvianka. The town is situated on the southern end of Lake Baikal, which is the eighth largest lake by area in the world but is t ... read more
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I'm an Australian living in the US and heading out on 8 months sabbatical from my job in banking. Thanks boss!I have travelled quite a lot over the last 10 years, but nothing like this. The trip starts in the Arctic circle and Murmansk and flows by train and bus down to the southern tip of India. Home to Perth for a month or so and then back up into SE Asia. It should be a fun ride.
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