Crossing the Selenga river bridge

Back on the Trans-Siberian:Cirkumbaikal and entering Mongolia

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July 31st 2004
This morning we were really early on the train station while the train instead was late... The waiting can seem endless in that case... In the end we boarded the train around 6 am. I decided to take a (power)nap for a couple of hours and then wake up when we start circling southern part of Baikal Lake. Getting up at that time - certainly paid off. The view was just splendid: lake, forest and m ... read more

Europe » Russia

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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