Just a beautiful hike place

Port Baikal

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July 28th 2004
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 he ... 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