The landscape outside the train has changed utterly - no more autumnal golds and reds, birch and pine intermingling and showing off their contrasting colours. No, now we have rocky wasteland, with sparse growth of red and dusty green.
We're on the train to Mongolia now, boarded last night after using the last of our roubles on a pint in Irkutsk. Sergei took us on one last walk through the forest in Listvyanka before we left, up to the site of a telescope, with more views over the lake. He showed us a few of the sights of the city in Irkutsk during the evening.
As before, we have three full cabins, and one half. Myself and Andy volunteered to take those beds, and though we feared sharing with two Boris clones, we were pleasantly surprised to meet two German girls, Hannah and Alex, who have been travelling around Russia - Moscow, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk. They've couch-surfed and taken 3rd class sleeper trains. I am somewhat jealous of their independence, but four hours to buy a train ticket is crazy. Each type of travel has its pros and cons I guess.
I keep getting the timetable wrong - border crossings, and boardings and alightings.
http://domcheeseman.blogspot.ie/2011/09/day-107-listvyanka.html
We're on the train to Mongolia now, boarded last night after using the last of our roubles on a pint in Irkutsk. Sergei took us on one last walk through the forest in Listvyanka before we left, up to the site of a telescope, with more views over the lake. He showed us a few of the sights of the city in Irkutsk during the evening.
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| Selling fish at the side of the road |
As before, we have three full cabins, and one half. Myself and Andy volunteered to take those beds, and though we feared sharing with two Boris clones, we were pleasantly surprised to meet two German girls, Hannah and Alex, who have been travelling around Russia - Moscow, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk. They've couch-surfed and taken 3rd class sleeper trains. I am somewhat jealous of their independence, but four hours to buy a train ticket is crazy. Each type of travel has its pros and cons I guess.
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| Andy with Hannah and Alex |
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I keep getting the timetable wrong - border crossings, and boardings and alightings.
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http://domcheeseman.blogspot.ie/2011/09/day-107-listvyanka.html
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