The viewing platform at Baikal

Tran-Siberian Part 2 - Big lakes and big brand fakes

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July 13th 2010
Lake Baikal By the time the train finally pulled into Irkutsk we had been on it for about 91 hours. That’s almost half of our total travelling time so far and in the baking heat it became more like the game show Endurance. “For my next challenge I will eat two packs of rehydrated noodles without flavouring in 35 degree heat on a crowded train…” Luke became fixated on Ladas and goats; ... 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