The Frozen Lake

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April 16th 2010

Published: April 30th 2010

Irkutsk felt much more Russian than the bigger cities. It was -5 when I arrived so at last my winter coat came into play. As on the train, very few people spoke english so finding my hostel was a bit of a mission. After wandering several back alleys and madly gesturing at locals I found the totally unmarked door in an un-named square behind a camera shop. As it turned out, both the hostel and the ... Read Full Entry

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30th April 2010

Mummy
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no pictures of the little people?
where are the very small people who live in the houses on stilts and drive the very small cars shown with the locals? Love your icy pictures of Baikal - hope you wee polite to Grandfather Frost!

4th May 2010

Cathy
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Lake Baikal
How far is Lake Baikal from Moscow?

5th May 2010

The girl in seat 62
Tamara Evans Braun

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Hi everyone, Thanks for the comments so far, its been lovely getting them and I apologize for not having the time to respond to you all. In answer to the only specific question I've had; Lake Baikal is about 4200km east of moscow, it was 77 hours on an express train but I think some do it in 70. Anyway, I'm off to china tomorrow, will hopefully get a blog entry about my trip to the gobi done today but just to warn you, posts may be sporadic for the next few months- I'm not sure about travelblog access in the PRC. Best Wishes Tamarax

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