Stunning Siberia
- seeing the Great Wall of China - impressive
- staying in a Ger camp in Mongolia - awesome
- watching the sun set over Lake Baikal - PRICELESS
LOVED Lake Baikal - absolutely gorgeous place - Listvyanka was such a nice little peaceful village - had delicious thick hot chocolate as well! Little village markets at the end of the street selling oodles of smoked fish and other little knick knacks - thought I should support the local community altho I ws warned that souvineers would be a bit more expensive there - but I got a Lake baikal tshirt - need it for the train as it does get hot and I only packed long-sleeved tops... and a ring - was fun - just had to umm and ahh a while and she reduced the price for me! (you can't usually haggle in Russia - only if it is expensive...)...
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