Keeping up with all the staff I did and the things I saw is keeping me busy. Trip-blog-stress…. Hmmmmmm Well this is the reason why I am posting about Siberia, the train ride or my 5 days Beijing now being here in Kathmandu 🙂 Internet works, it just takes sometimes a long time to upload…
Tag: siberia
Irkutsk / No I have not been a Decembrists – Wife yet / Never say NeverÂ
The City is connecting the Western and the Eastern part of Russia with China and Mongolia. Yes this is the case. We went to see many churches and yes I had to cover my head. In one we even had to cover our legs. I burned candles in each of them, enjoyed the smell…
Up up up …. Please stand in the snow Siberia without snow doesn’t really work ….. She had a point there  / for Huberta (2)Â
and no this is not becoming a habit…..
Lake Baikal – amazing facts – for Huberta (1)
I learned today that this is the deepest lake in the world, it is 636 km long, it’s water volume equals 20% of the world’s fresh water (!!!), ages over 25 million years, has over 3500 species of plants and animals from which 2600 are endemic, it freezes 1 1/2 meter thick in the winter…
Short Recap train ride – Irkutsk
Train ride from Moscow to Irkutsk was smooth, fun, visually inspiring and enjoyable. People are super friendly, moderate and not selfish in their behavior what so ever, even the small kids travelling are well behaved. I guess different upbringing here – not to be misunderstood as criticism on how kids are raised in our part…
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