Challenges for the day: Find japes and high-jinks in a nightspot in Irkutsk. Try to figure out where I dropped off my camera film. Pluck up courage to leave the nice warm internet cafe, and peg it over to the hotel to get into my glad-rag for early evening action and adventure. Feeling of the […]
People often ask me, “Papa Lazarou, is it cold in Siberia in March?” Well ask no more, little ones, for here is all that you need to know. According to legend, the air has very low water content, so humans don’t notice the extremes of temperature on their exposed skin so strongly. An exception to
Facts for the visitor to Irkutsk: 1. Hotel Angara is the posh hotel for business men and their entourages. It sells out of single rooms, so all the dreams of jacuzzis that you may have had on a long train trip will cost around 70 quid a night 2. Hotel Arena is cheap and pleasant,
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