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    • VoyageurRussia
      1
      Jour 14

      Banya Experience

      19 avril 2018, Russie ⋅ ⛅ -3 °C

      We had a fairly quiet day today - catching up on sleep etc. Eli, Heidi and I went for a walk this morning down to a local banya (hot pool / sauna etc) and cafe we had seen advertised. It was quite cold today - I think we were only getting a max of 3 or 5! But once you had been out for a while you adjusted and it didn’t feel so bad. We were disappointed to find the place locked up and nobody home. Guess they weren’t operating at the moment. Heidi enjoyed crunching in the snow on the way back. I stopped to stock up on our chocolate supplies on the way home. Ive lost track of how many blocks of chocolate we’ve consumed - they are smaller than the usual!

      I think Heidi enjoyed having a more chilled day. I took her out to play in the sandpit and then she was running round inside playing with the few toys they had provided.

      Eli rang the resort we had visited yesterday to see if we could go there this afternoon. We weren’t able to get in until about 5 as it would take a couple of hours to heat up the banya. We put Heidi down for a nap in the meanwhile.

      The banya experience was fun. We had sole access to a small building which had a small eating area, toilet, shower and sauna with hot and cold pools outside. We changed into bathers and went outside to try the hot pool. We were a little disappointed to find it was not very warm - about 30 degrees which was just over lukewarm. We all hopped in eventually. I had been sitting on the bench feeling cold as I didn’t want to bother getting wet if it wasn’t that warm. But it was warmer than sitting out in the cold! Heidi had a great time jumping round in the ‘bath’.Then we made a dash for the hot shower to warm up. The others also went in and out the sauna while Heidi and I played around with the shower. The head came off and Heidi had fun showering everyone with it!

      We did this for a couple of hours and then finished up feeling warm and toasty. The sun was setting so we made a drive down to the lake to get some photos. We arrived at the perfect time and managed to get some nice pics. We ventured onto the ice a little, however it wasn’t as firm here and although we were still on the sand, three of us ended up with a wet foot!

      We drove back to the resort (we’d only gone 5 mins away) to have dinner. We were upstairs and as no one else was dining, we chose the table in a room off to the side with glass windows all around with a view of the lake. The lady tried to get us to sit inside the main area but we insisted we wanted the view. We came to regret our choice as the room was not heated and we slowly became colder and colder, especially having wet feet. We were all sitting there with our coats and beanies on! We felt bad at mucking up another table setting so decided to grin and bear it. The waitress didn’t speak a word of English and responded in Russian to everything we said so we were thankful for Kyria otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to make head or tail of what she said! The resort seemed to cater mainly for Russians as there were no english menus.

      We ate quickly (well I tried to but I’m terribly slow - I just can’t chew as fast as other people!) so we could get back and warm up. It was late when we arrived back so we all made for bed.      En savoir plus

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    • VoyageurRussia
      Jour 10

      Arrival in Ulan-Ude

      15 avril 2018, Russie ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

      We had a bit of drama going from Moscow to Ulan-Ude as they picked up on Kyria’s hand luggage as we were about to board. Even though it had been ‘let through’ on the previous flight with the same air line they weren’t going to this time. So they had to pay extra. We held up the buses in the process! At least she only had to pay for it one leg.

      Oh and I nearly lost my phone and iPad without knowing it. A guy had knocked my tray off the security bag line and stuff had all fallen out. I had already gone through and was waiting on the other side. Eli was behind the guy and was getting annoyed at him cos he wasn’t going to pick the stuff up and when he did he just dumped it straight on the line instead of putting it back in the tray. So I didn’t realise that my phone and iPad hadn’t come through. A guy came up to me once we were seated at the gate with them in his hand. He wanted me to log in to prove they were mine. Having not missed them, I was bewildered that he had them and didn’t even thank him! I still don’t know how he knew they were mine or who he was!

      Again we were all seated separately but Heidi and I had a row to ourselves this time (why they didn’t seat Eli there I don’t know) and Eli had armed me with some healthier snacks for her so it was a smoother flight. She slept for most of the flight. It was about 5 1/2 hours and we crossed a few time zones so when we arrived in Ulan-Ude it was about 7.30 in the morning. We are now about 2 hours behind home.

      None of us had slept much on the flight except for Kyria and Heidi so we felt pretty zonked.

      The airport was relatively small and you had to crowd into a little room to get your luggage off the conveyor. Then they wanted us to show our baggage tickets to prove it was ours - who does that!! I think I was the only one to still have mine!

      We found a taxi to take us to our apartment and he even rang the guy to let him know we had arrrived. I hadn’t dressed for cold cos it was so hot in the airports and planes. There was quite a cold breeze happening and we had to wait for about 1/2 hour the guy to turn up. The boys had gone for a walk to see if they could find somewhere else to stay. The guy turned up with a friend in another car. Apparently we had booked too late and the apartment wasnt ready (Eli had only booked I the other night) so they were going to drive us to another apartment! They were even happy to drive us to a hotel if we wanted.

      So we jumped in their cars and drove to another place which also wasn’t ready so they went to another one. They were really friendly and helpful and went above and beyond what they needed to do. The helped Eli organise a hire car for the week, went and organised a sim for his phone and said for him to call them if we needed anything, even though we were staying in the apartment for a couple of days. Really really hospitable.

      The rest of us had flaked out at the apartment and had a nap for an hour or two while the other stuff was being organised! It always hits so much harder flying the other way.

      At around 2-3pm we went for a bit of a walk, found a canteen nearby and had a meal as we were so hungry by this point. The food was ok - I don’t think we will go there again though. Then we went for a bit of a walk around the square before heading back after getting a few supplies from a mini-mart near us.

      Dinner was at an English Pub in the main square. After a good meal, we spent the evening at the apartment. We were subjected to a couple of hours of Heidi crying. I think her body clock was out and she’s also coming down with a cold 🙄 somehow Michael managed to sleep through her wailing - I’m still nonplussed!      En savoir plus

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    • VoyageurRussia
      2
      21
      Jour 11

      Strolling Around Ulan-Ude

      16 avril 2018, Russie ⋅ 🌙 2 °C

      We didn’t wake up until about 10am this morning which was rather shocking but I guess that’s jet lag for you. We had breakfast at the English pub again which was yummy and then went for a walk to see the main sights of Ulan-Ude. There was a main path to follow around the centre of town starting at a massive statute of Lenin’s head. They have statutes of Lenin everywhere! This one looked rather ominous at night time when it was lit up by lights.

      We had a slight detour to an ice cream shop - Baskin and Robbins or something. Apparently an American brand but I’d never heard of it. Then we continued our stroll. Heidi was entertained by rocks, sticks and steps along the way - who needs toys! It was a sunny day although the wind had quite a bite to it.

      We had a tour booked out to the Old Believer’s village this afternoon and we were being picked up outside our apartment at 3pm so we headed back home to get ready.      En savoir plus

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    • VoyageurRussia
      1
      Jour 11

      Marriage Ceremony

      16 avril 2018, Russie ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C

      After the meal the ladies did some singing and dancing accompanied by a long suffering fellow playing the accordian. Occasionally they would grab someone from the table to dance with them. It was interesting - I can’t say the singing was enjoyable - they have such penetrating voices!!

      Then they wanted to show us how they prepare a bride and groom for a wedding. Kyria was the lucky one selected from our table with a guy from the other table. It was quite hilarious as all the ladies fussed round like hens to dress her in the traditional clothes which took some time. Her face expressions told it all - I don’t think she enjoyed our merriment at her expense 😂 they sung as they dressed her (over her clothes of course). Apparently the Russians like their women well covered and as Kyria is so skinny they had to bulk her up to trick the groom to be!

      Then they dressed the groom and what followed was a period of haggling between the bride’s party and the groom’s. It seemed the bride’s good points were all about how hard she could work and how many children she would have and the groom was all about the looks! Finally it was agreed and money was paid after which there was more singing and dancing. The bride and groom had to kiss behind an apron and then dance together. It was all fun and both groups were getting into it.

      Even after the ceremony was over they sung a couple more songs, after which they took a couple of group photos and then we headed off after profuse thanks. It had been a fun experience and we all enjoyed it - even Kyria!

      The driver and guide dropped us back to the apartment. We had found out that our guide was the director of the Ulna-Ude museum we had walked past yesterday and we agreed to meet again for coffee and a chat before we headed off to Lake Baikal.      En savoir plus

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    • VoyageurRussia
      1
      Jour 11

      Meal with Old Believers

      16 avril 2018, Russie ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C

      We drove on a bit further and stopped at a house where we were going to have a meal with their traditional food.

      A few ladies came out the front to greet us dressed in their traditional garb. They didn’t speak English so our guide translated for us. The main lady showed us round a house they had set up with furniture etc. They were very small
      houses - I guess they were easier to keep warm.

      Apparently the women would spend half of their fertility stage pregnant. They had a pretty hard life, as I guess most women did back then without all the modern conveniences of today. I’m so soft - I couldn’t imagine doing half the things they had to. The irons were so heavy i think I’d burn holes in the clothes, churning the milk to make butter for 3 hours, cooking with massive pots you had to pull out with a big hook, washing by hand with a scrub board...

      Then we went to the room where they had a meal prepared. We shaped some pancakes with dough they had already prepared and they cooked them for us after which we sat down to eat. They had all sorts of different breads at the table - sweet and savoury with sesame seed dip, sour cream etc. We had a yummy soup to start called stchi or something, followed by meat with mashed potato and a sweet porridge which tasted like rice pudding to me - which the others strongly disagreed with. But I hold my opinion. I love rice pudding!

      They also had some moonshine which had to be drunk at various intervals throughout the meal in one shot. I abstained of course - thankful I had the excuse that I was pregnant 😂 supposedly it was clean in that you wouldn’t have a hangover later.

      There was another group that joined us for the meal as well and sat at a separate table. There was so much food we were all quite stuffed by the end!      En savoir plus

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    • VoyageurTranssibirische Eisenbahn
      Jour 28

      Baikal - Barguzin, der versteckte Schatz

      3 août 2017, Russie ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      Eigentlich wären wir in Ulan-Ude am liebsten den ganzen Tag im Bett liegen geblieben und hätten Serien geschaut...wir hatten den Reiseblues. Wir suchten sogar nach günstigen Flügen an irgendeinen Strand, statt uns mit der Mongolei zu beschäftigen. Und so richtig gross Lust nach Ust-Barguzin zu fahren hatten wir eigentlich auch nicht. Aber wir hatten schon alles mit Alex per Email ausgemacht und sollten am Nachmittag abgeholt werden. Und wie immer in solchen Momenten, kam alles anders.

      Abgeholt wurden wir von Sohn und Tochter, die gerade Urlaub zu Hause machen, im Land Cruiser. Mit Abstand das bequemste Gefährt bisher. Die Fahrt ging entlang dem Baikalsee, während die Sonne langsam im See unterging. Wir kamen zwar spät, aber es gab noch was zu essen und wir wurden in ein Zimmer in ihrem Haus einquartiert. So richtig abgesprochen, was am nächsten Tag passieren soll hatten wir nicht, aber wir vertrauten darauf, dass es gut kommt. Im Endeffekt fuhren wir mit einer Familie (russische Eltern und Tochter, französischer Schwiegersohn und ihre Reiseleiterin) ins Barguzin Tal und gingen Raften, oder eher Boot fahren. Das Mittagessen bei einer lokalen Familie war ein Traum! Alles frisch aus ihrem Garten (ja, in Sibirien wächst echt viel). Oder vom Bauern nebenan (Doppelcreme mit selber gemachter Rabharbermarmelade). Abends sprangen wir noch in den Baikalsee. Auf meine Frage zurück bei Beketovs, ob wir duschen könnten, meinte sie ja, in der Banja. So mixten wir in der Sauna warmes und kaltes Wasser, und der Schöpflöffel fungierte als Duschbrause. Funktioniert auch und schön warm war es auch noch ;-)

      Da wir am nächsten Tag Mittags wieder nach Ulan-Ude mussten (unser Visum läuft ab), machte der Sohn mit uns Morgens noch eine Tour zu den Heissen Quellen auf einer Halbinsel. Das Nationalparkgebiet war traumhaft. Morgens um 8 mit dem Boot über den See zu brausen, vorbei an den bewaldeten Hügeln und Bergen, liess unseren Reiseblues dahinschwinden. Genau für diese Momente reisen wir. So fanden wir uns auch wenig später in 35C und 45C warmem Wasser mit Blick auf den See.

      Auf dem Heimweg wurde eine Kiste frischer Omul mitgenommen, den es dann auch Mittags zum Essen gab. Zum Essen hier fällt uns noch ein: frisch, Dill, Zwiebeln, Knoblauch, Omul, Fleisch, Buchweizen, Pancakes.

      So verlassen wir nun den Baikalsee schweren Herzens Richtung Mongolei. Eine wunderschöne Gegend, mit ganz vielen tollen Begegnungen. Wir haben sie gefunden, die Russen, die Lächeln ;-)      En savoir plus

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    • VoyageurRussia
      23
      Jour 12

      Drive to Lake Baikal

      17 avril 2018, Russie ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C

      We were leaving to go stay near Lake Baikal for a couple of days so we had to pack up and leave the apartment again. The owner met us at 9.30 and we lugged the suitcases down the stairs - well the others did, I only carried the lighter bags, bit spoilt really. Eli brought the car around and we managed to fit all the luggage in.

      We had breakfast at the usual place and then walked down to the main mall to meet our guide from yesterday to have a coffee with him and see his museum. It was a lot colder today. The weather seems quite changeable here.

      We had a tour of the museum from one of the staff and learnt about the history of Ulan-Ude and how it began. It was settled by various tribes and was not particularly part of Russia. Then when Chenghis Khan started attacking and stealing, the Russian Emperor offered his protection to the area of Ulan-Ude in exchange for the area becoming part of Russia. It grew bigger due to being part of the trading route.

      We then had coffee with our guide (Eli wants me to add that he was the Director of the museum - I think it made him feel important 😂) and he gave us some information about what we can do around Lake Baikal with a bit of a map. He was very friendly and even offered to show us some other things when we were back in Ulan-Ude. It is nice to have a few people to call on if we need help or get stuck!

      Then we hit the road. We were hoping to find a petrol station on the way out but we left town and still hadn’t come across one on the way. The petrol was low, so much to Eli’s annoyance we had to go back into town and fill up as we weren’t sure how far the next one would be. We went on our way again but Eli was wondering if the petrol gauge didn’t work properly as it was sitting on low again! Then the light came on! He thought the guy at the petrol station had filled the car up - so perhaps the gauge wasn’t working. We decided to keep on and stop at the next station we came across. Turned out they hadn’t filled it up properly at the last place - something must have got lost in translation! He’d only put a couple of litres in! So we had it filled up properly next time. Lucky we hadn’t assumed the gauge was just out and kept going!

      The scenery was quite pretty, driving over the mountains and through what looked like white birch forests. There was still quite a bit of snow in the ground which gave quite a magical effect.

      It took a few hours to get to the lake. It was completely frozen over and covered with snow drifts in areas. We could see people doing ice fishing as we drove by. This was something we wouldn’t mind having a go at if possible.

      We were staying at a guest house for a couple of days - it was a nice wooden house, neat and clean. It looked relatively new. The owner / manager didn’t speak much English but with a bit of Kyria’s russian and google translate we managed to organise some dinner and breakfast for the next morning.

      We mooched around a bit - I gave in to Heidi’s pleas and took her outside for half and hour to play in the sand pit and swing. It was so cold!!

      Before dinner we went for a brief walk down the street - looks like there is a couple of information centres we can check out tomorrow with various activities. We grabbed some snacks from the small mini mart before heading back for dinner which was a filling meal of local fish (served whole - i much prefer my fish filleted so I don’t have to look at the head!) with potato, bread, salad and some sort of sweet biscuit thing.

      We shall see what tomorrow brings!      En savoir plus

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    • Bine und Manu auf ReisenFollow the sun
      23
      Jour 59

      Ulan-Ude

      2 septembre 2015, Russie ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      Unsere letzten Tage in Russland sind nun fast vorbei. Zum Schluss machten wir noch ein echtes Schnäppchen mit nem Zimmer nur für uns mit eigenem Bad, wow.

      Wir nutzten die letzten Tage zum Entspannen, uns in Ruhe die Stadt anzuschauen, lecker Essen zu gehen und die Russland Reise nochmal Revue passieren zu lassen.

      Russland ist das mit Abstand flächengrößte Land der Erde, es umfasst in etwa 1/7 der Weltlandfläche (17'075'400 Quadratkilometer). Deshalb gibt es hier auch die längste Eisenbahnstrecke der Welt (ohne Zwischenstopp fährt man 152Stunden und 27Minuten von Moskau bis Wladiwostok), wir konnten ein ungefähres Gefühl für die unglaublichen Weiten bekommen. 10% des russischen Staatseinkommens stammen vom Umsatz des Wodkas, dessen Name ursprünglich "Wässerchen" bedeutet (woda "Wasser").

      Die 30 Tage gingen echt schnell rum, gefühlt saßen wir die meiste Zeit im Zug :-) Soo, was haben wir in Russland gelernt? Erstmal ein paar Wörter russisch, zum Beispiel: Ich spreche kein Russisch [ya ni gawarjú pa-rúßki], danke [spasiba] und ein paar mehr. Viele Gesichter in Russland wirken auf den ersten Blick sehr ernst und verschlossen, aber hinter dieser Fassade stecken nach unseren Erfahrungen sehr freundliche, aufgeschlossene, hilfsbereite und herzliche Menschen, die immer dazu bereit sind etwas von sich zu geben. Gastfreundschaft wird hier gelebt und groß geschrieben. Wir hatten hier viele gute Begegnungen, die uns in Erinnerung bleiben werden.

      Nun geht es bald schon weiter mit der transmongolischen Eisenbahn Richtung Mongolei, einem Land voller mystischer Landschaften, unberührter Natur und einer Kultur zwischen Tradition und Moderne.      En savoir plus

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    • VoyageurRussia
      211
      Jour 13

      Exploring Gorya Chinsk

      18 avril 2018, Russie ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      We had breakfast provided at the guest house this morning after which we headed out for a walk round the town to see if there were any information places open. Seemed like most of them were actually mini marts. There were about 4 different ones around the small square all selling basically the same thing!

      We were trying to find the hot springs that were in the area - we were unsure if it was like a resort or natural ones. Eli was looking it up on his phone and it appears it was behind the church. We wandered round and found a pond with a creek and there was steam coming off it. There was a little bridge with a shelter over the middle with a bucket and tap set up and hot water running into it from the creek.

      We kept wandering and found a playground for Heidi and behind a forest with a fair amount of snow on the ground still. We had to make a snowman ⛄️ which Heidi enjoyed smashing down as we walked off! Snow just brings out the inner child in one!

      We made our way back to the guest house from here to go for a drive to some of the other towns nearby.      En savoir plus

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    • VoyageurRussia
      34
      Jour 13

      Adventures at Lake Baikal

      18 avril 2018, Russie ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      We jumped into the car and drove back down the road we had come up yesterday to visit the town Turka. We found a good spot to get some pictures of the lake and ended up spending some time here clambering over the snow, indulging in a snow fight, breaking off icicles and testing the ice. We had wanted to walk across the lake to another big snow drift further out but after testing the ice we didn’t think it would be very safe, much to our chagrin. Mike and Kyria ventured out a bit further Heidi had a great time slipping and sliding in the snow.

      We all felt like a hot drink to warm us up but they don’t seem to have cafes round here - just canteens so we continued our drive down to Gremyachinsk. We wanted to check out a resort located here as we were keen to experience the hot springs. The resort was not as impressive as expected - I guess having done the hot springs in NZ I’m a bit spoilt but the rooms weren’t amazing, except for the extra fancy one which was $400 per night and you had to pay extra for the facilities. We like where we’re staying so we thought we might just come back to the resort during the day and use the banya (hot baths / cod baths / sauna etc).

      We couldn’t find much for lunch so we ended up stopping at a canteen and having lunch there. Then we drove round a bit, exploring a few back roads and stopping to take photos of the scenery. At one point Kyria was hanging out the car window getting photos! We were hopeful of seeing a bear in the forests but no Iuck! Perhaps they’re still hibernating!!

      We then drove back the the guest house for Heidi to have her nap.      En savoir plus

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