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Europe » Russia » Siberia » Irkutsk » Bratsk August 16th 2011

I had contacts right, left, up and down in Irkutsk. My host Tatiana, Teddy the conductor from the train, Vaselina the hot girl from my coupe and then I run into an Austrian-Romanian couple from the train on the city's most prestigous hotel, where I was using the internet section. I agreed with the couple to meet up later when we got settled, Tatiana would meet later, Teddy only had time the next day and it was a little too early to write Vaselina, I thought. Well, I was alone then. noone to take care of poor Martin. I biked around the city, which has in the center only low houses, many built in wood with very decorative design. In a supermarket I finally found fuel for my homemade alcohol-stove, but I had no idea how ... read more

Europe » Russia » Siberia » Irkutsk » Bratsk June 26th 2011

Arriving at Irkutsk in time for breakfast, we said our farewells to our room mate and American drinking buddies before heading off with our tour guide for a buffet breakfast at the hotel we would be staying in the following night. After having a slightly underwhelming diet on the train, a huge buffet breakfast was probably a little too much for my eyes to take and, about 30 minutes later, my stomach was in full agreement with them! However, even breakfast could not pass without a hiccup as we both dolloped out what looked like slightly lumpy mash potato, labeled as scrambled eggs and turned out to be very solid porridge! Nevertheless it was with full tummies that we headed out on our whirlwind tour of Irkutsk. Our first stop was at the eternal flame to ... read more
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Wooden House and Goats




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