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Lake Baikal from mainland - first view (like Eastern WA)
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Lake Baikal from mainland - first view (like Eastern WA)
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Bus from Irkutsk to Olkhon Island
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Car ferry to Olkhon Island
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Cars had to drive backwards to unload off the ferry
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View of the mainland and ferry dock to Olklhon Island (cafe and souvenir stands)
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Lake Baikal and Olkhon Island
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Road on Olkhon Island - very much like driving through Eastern WA
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Road on Olkhon Island - very much like driving through Eastern WA
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House on Olkhon Island near Lake Baikal - (reminded me of the Arctic coast of Norway)
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Bed at Nikita's Homestead hostel - (with a bucket of water to wash our hands and a clean outhouse)
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Pattern on the towel
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Nikita's Homestead hostel with a typical Russian van out front
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Nikita's Homestead hostel
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Canteen at Nikita's Homestead hostel where we had breakfast and dinner
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Dog at Nikita's Homestead hostel
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Dog at Nikita's Homestead hostel
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View of Lake Baikal (in the background on the white cliffs is the "Old Man Baikal" lying on his side)
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View of Lake Baikal near the hostel - Shamanka Rock
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View of Lake Baikal near the hostel - Shamanka Rock
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Cows grazing with Shamanka Rock, Lake Baikal
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Lake Baikal - Shamanka Rock
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View of long sandy beach, Lake Baikal (where people swam and there was a portable banya)
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Me on the beach at Lake Baikal
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Shaman offerings - there were traditional Shamanist places on the island, but these had been taken over by tourists
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Typical Siberian wood home
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Traditional Siberian home (brown and bright blue)
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View of a road in Khuzir Village, Olkhon
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View of a road in Khuzir Village, Olkhon
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Typical Siberian home and old car
