Lake Baikal, so big, it contains one fifth of the world’s fresh water! Sam and I stayed almost one week around this incredibly beautiful part of Russia and I can easily say that these were the best days of my Trans-Siberian adventure. It already started with a day trip from Irkutsk to Listvyanka, the closest […]
Month: November 2016
Nina
Our Russian grandmother (Babushka) at Olkhon Island Nina grew up along the Northern part of Lake Baikal. She is Buryat. Buryats are people from the south-east of Russia. Their orignal language, Buryat, is one that is more close to the Mongolian language. It is easy to recognise them, because the Mongolian, more Asian look is […]