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RUSSIA (Second Part): Siberia and Bajkal Lake (19 September – 2 October)

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The first two weeks in Russia had already left indelible signs. St. Petersburg, Moscow and the Transiberian Railway had suddenly moved my journey to another level. Catharsis, out of a sudden.
After 50 hours of wagons and tracks, I finally touched a mythical land: Siberia.
In Novosibirsk, where I would have found summer and the joys of staying in a family.
In Irkutsk, where I would have danced for a few days with the fairy-tale visions from Bajkal Lake.
In Ulan Ude, where my skin would have felt the first cold of the Mongolian steppe, and I would have offered my last “dobroe utro” and “spasibo” before heading South. Towards the belly of Asia.... Read More

OLKHON ISLAND

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A Buryat legend – the native people who has been living for centuries the Siberian lands close the Baikal Lake – tells about a man with supernatural powers from the Olkhon Island.
One day this man decided to turn his 3 sons into 3 eagles, so that they would be free to fly anywhere, but only on the condition that they would not eat dead meat, by any chance. The brothers were extremely happy with their newly gained freedom as eagles and decided to fly around the island, after promising their father not to eat dead meat. However, after an entire day spent flying around the island, they became very hungry and the only thing they could find was a dead animal. Despite their promises, they ate it. When their father learned about it, he was so displeased and furious so that he turned them into the 3 rocks and threw them into the Lake. Since then, these 3 rocks have been guarding the western side of the island near Khoboy Cape, and never again – as dead meat – they wiill be allowed to move.... Read More

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