Ferðasögur Irkutsk Oblast

Ný og valin ferðablogg Irkutsk Oblast

Baikal lake

The Villages

Idyllic like in the past

Target-2:

Listvyanka

Olkchon Island

29.07.2019: Through the flood area

The river Uda at the destination still has plenty of water.

28.08.2019: Bad weather in Irkutsk

27.07.2019: Day off in Listvyanka

26.07.2019: On the other side of Lake Baikal

25.07.2019: Skiing at Lake Baikal

The Pearl of Siberia: more from Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal and Olkhon Island

Amazing in Irkutsk!

Common room in the hostel

No plan survives the first enemy contact. (Helmuth von Moltke)

What happens without breaks is not lasting. (Ovid)

The invasion of tourist hordes leads to the eradication of the beautiful ... (André Heller)

On the way to Irkutsk station

The barber learns to shave at the fool's beard. (Proverb)

Omul

Climb the mountain or descend into the valley, go to the end of the world or around your house: you will always meet yourself on the streets of chance. (Maurice Maeterlinck)

Breakfast: the most beautiful of all meals. You are rested and young, haven't been annoyed yet, and full of new hopes and plans. (Heinrich Spoerl)

How foolish it is to make plans for the whole life, since we are not even masters of the next day. (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)

As it used to be said 'Go west, young man', today one should say 'Go east, young man'. That's where the opportunities lie. (Walter Seipp)

Snapshot (Christina and Arved)