First view of the lake!

Irkutsk - Listviyanka and the Lake via an explosive bus station!

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May 3rd 2008
Florian and I manage to scramble out of bed early after a late night of rowdy behaviour. We walk over to the bus station which is about an a fourty five minute walk and arrive at a scene of chaos. Lonneke is in tears at the bus counter and quickly grabs me to come and talk to the Russian lady behind the counter. i am not sure what is going on or what my limited Russian can do but it seems that Lon ... 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