Irkutsk Travel Experiences
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Paris of Siberia
Back from Olkhon island, we had three days in Irkutsk before we needed to catch our onward train to Ulan Bataar. Irkutsk was once ca... Continue reading »
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Trans-Mongolian Railway to Irkutsk & Lake Baikal
The journey to Irkutsk wasn't quite as pleasant as the journey to Ulaanbaatar due to having to spend basically all day at the Mongolian-R... Continue reading »
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"Steam and rain"
We arrived into Irkutsk after a mammoth 30 hour journey from Mongolia. It wasn't so much the journey as the wait with us arriving at the... Continue reading »
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To first appearances Russia is a little bit bleak
It was a long trip on the train from Mongolia to Russia not helped by the over nine hours that we spent going through the border procedur... Continue reading »
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Cabbage for dinner at lake Baikal
After a long border crossing, we made it into Russia. We sat for several hours while they changed the wheels(?) on the train as the train... Continue reading »
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