After couple of days in Irkutsk it was time for us to leave the city again and start enjoying the countryside. We decided to explore the more touristy part of the Lake Baikal region and headed towards Taltsy and Listvyanka. Taltsy Museum In Taltsy you can find a nice open-air […]
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Irkutsk, far away from Moscow in the middle of Siberia. After our time in Novosibirsk now the second Russian city we are visiting. Three nights in a hotel instead of camping, what a luxury, but from time to time also nice to enjoy some kind of city lifestyle. And Irkutsk […]
Back in Russia, back in Siberia and now on the way to Lake Baikal. After a bit more than three hours we are done and the border crossing is managed. Being tired after the early wake-up and the border crossing, we decided to call it a day early. But easier […]
Leaving our wonderful campsite was easier than expected, well it started raining during the night and no improvement was visible. So we decided to head on, towards the Katu Yaryk Pass in the Altai Republic. But before heading there, we had a stop at some famous rock carvings, most of […]
After two days in Novosibirsk we felt it was time again to head out and explore the Altai Republic on our way to the Mongolian border. But not without having a stop at the Monument of Laboratory Mouse. From here we are following basically all the way to Mongolia the […]
Novosibirsk, a must see? Maybe not, but when you are in Western Siberia, why not having a stop and a look around. For us it has been a big surprise. We somehow expected the typical city build-up during Soviet Union times. And yes it is partly, but on the other […]
Novosibirsk, honestly we did not know much, if even anything about this city. However the name is to some extend famous, so we decided we have to go there and see it ourselves. Can you say you travelled through Russia, without visiting one of the big Russian cities? Maybe not… […]