Lake Baikal
29 Mac 2018, Rusia ⋅ 🌙 2 °CThe guidebook promised 'splendid views' after the first tunnel. It was not wrong. The lake ice may be thinning, but it is still a complete cover, frozen into waves and glistening in the low morningBaca lagi
The guidebook promised 'splendid views' after the first tunnel. It was not wrong. The lake ice may be thinning, but it is still a complete cover, frozen into waves and glistening in the low morningBaca lagi
You'll need a big screen for this, because I was too busy squeaking 'Stupa!' to take a picture until we were nearly past it. It's on the left.
After leaving the lake, the train runs alongside the main road to Ulan Ude.
It's reached a practically tropical 8°C outside and there are visible buds on some of the trees, so we've had an iceBaca lagi
Arrived in Ulan Ude. Massive room.
Erm ....
No, I haven't tried it.
Rossia train (no.2) Moscow to Ulan Ude.
Weather: -3 - +15°C, but only really above freezing today. Coldest in the middle, warmest in the East (and the buds on the trees suggest a general trendBaca lagi
What can I say? It's Lenin's head. And it's very big.
With only one whole and two half days to see all Ulan Ude has to offer - and with 2 of the main things on our list being some way out of town - Helen suggested we hire a driver and guide. It was anBaca lagi
Up to Ulan Ude, everything was ground I'd covered before. Sometimes without stopping, or while asleep, but I had been through it. Now we're into virgin territory.
This train seems more sociable thanBaca lagi
The villages are still well spaced out, but there are more general signs that this is inhabited land. Herds of goats, wheel ruts, mines, a few fences around fields, and even a cat out for an eveningBaca lagi