Eastern Siberia: The Road Less Travelled

The World Cup now left behind in western Russia.
Irkutsk to the western shores of Lake Baikal.
A five hour flight from Moscow and Lake Baikal appears and so does Matt.
We leave the next morning for Lake Aya leaving the Russian steppe we enter the steppe of the indigenous buryats.
Our guide Zina and driver Vladmir from Irkutsk to Ays Bay via several points of interest showing the interaction of Shamanism and Buddism within Buryat culture.
The vast Russian steppe and Lake Baikal the deepest freshwater lake in the world holding 20% of the Earth's freshwater.
And we have a swim, 16' I'd say.Baca lagi