Day: 17 July 2007

Trans Siberian Railway

First glimpse of Lake Baikal

Last night was our third on the train, and our last before stopping in Irkutsk. We passed through some beautiful broad river valleys last night, and woke this morning to find ourselves approaching Ulan Ude, the city where the Trans-Mongolian line splits off. Ulan Ude is a city of around 380,000, and the first major […]

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