From Moscow to Beijing by train. Part Three : The Great Baikal.

So here is the third thread about my trip from Moscow to Beijing by train.
As a reminder, here are the links towards the two first threads :
- the first thread (about Moscow) :http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1228115
- the second thread (about Siberia) :http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1230031

In this thread, I will post pics of Baikal Lake and Irkoutsk where I stayed two days before taking again the train towards Mongolia.

1- At about 60 or 70 km from Irkoutsk, the Baikal lake, a true inland sea in Siberia. The deepest lake in the world, containing 20 % of the world's surface fresh water !


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4- Listvyanka, the "Saint-Tropez" of Baikal, pop. : 1745. Here is the great hotel and the tallest building in the town :


5- I stayed a night in Listvyanka, but not in this hotel. Here is the house where I stayed :


6- The garden and the bathroom on the left :


7- The dog of the house :


7bis_ My towel... with svastikas !


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9- The main street of Listvyanka :


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21- Lot of bulidings in construction in Litsvyanka. A lot of the workers are Chinese :


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34- A little boat tour on the lake :


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44- Walking along an abandonned track of the Transsiberian :


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55- Arriving at Port Baikal :


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77- Crossing the Angara river (which takes its source in the lake) by the ferry :


78- Back to Irkoutsk :


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86- Time to take again the train. Towards Mongolia !