Port Baikal

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Today is our last full day in Listvianka and we decided to cross the river to Port Baikal for a walk along the original trans-siberial rails or circumbaikal railway. It was a beatuful sunny day but quite fresh and actually cold in the morning (only 8'C). The boat ride to cross the river was short, around 20 minutes. Originally we planned to take the train ride - but once we got to Listvianka we heard that the train rides only on Sundays. 😞 So since that was not an option anymore - we decided that hike will do. Se we did about 15km of the railway and then returned back. This one goes through lots of little tunnels and over little bridges and the scenery is really beautiful. What we certainly didn't expect though is to suddenly hear a train coming while pulling all whistles and bells! It was just the train engine, riding by at an incredible speed, a scene that maybe lasted few seconds, but enough to make us have a heart-attack. The train was not supposed to run during the week - or?!?

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