Buryat shamanism and mountain hikes in Siberia
October 16th 2007 Yesterday Valera took me on an amazing mountain hike around Lake Baikal. It was very hot, and we took a steep and narrow little trail s along the shore. On the cliff, again with breath-taking views, Valera made a fire for our lunch and to boil tea with Siberian herbs he had gathered during our hike (Sheilagh, you would have loved it!). As he was making the fire, I skipped down to the lake and felt
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