Olkhon Island – the bumpiest Island in the world – FACT! Photo 12

Olkhon Island – the bumpiest Island in the world – FACT!

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September 28th 2012
After we stepped off the train at Irkutsk 8.00am we had to make our way to Olkhon Island, an island in Lake Baikal that we were booked in to stay for the next two nights. Eventually found a mini bus heading to the island that wasn’t leaving till after lunch so we’d a few hours to kill , had something to eat and I was confronted with my biggest fear - the long drop– ohhh myyy gooddd – after ... read more

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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 Dynas... ... read more