So Irkutsk... Nice hostel and my third visiting to a football stadium (my new obsession!!). Its a nice enough place buy I'm not too bothered that I'm only here for one night though. Seems a typical Siberian town to me.
It's a shame I haven't got time to go for a trip up to Lake Baikal. I'll get to see plenty of it tomorrow though. as my train journey (7 hours to Ulan Ude, during the day this time) spends most of the time skirting around the lake.
Interesting Lake Baikal facts: 1. 80% of the flora and fauna around the lake is unique. 2. It contains one fifth(!!) of the worlds entire unfrozen fresh water. 3. It will eventually become the earths fifth ocean splitting the Asian continent.
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