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Photo-report on a kayak trip around Lake Baikal

The Round-Baikal Railroad

Cape Baklany (47 Kb) Cape Kirkirey (62 Kb)

26th June, 3rd day out, 69 km from Irkutsk. Cape Baklany. First day on Baikal. The lake met us with a glorious calm.

27th June, 4th day out, 109 km. Cape Kirkirey. Still quite cold, so there are practically no tourists.

Cape Malaya Krutaya Guba (61 Kb) Cape Shamanski (60 Kb)

28th June, 5th day out, 127 km. View from Cape Malaya Krutaya Guba.

29th June, 6th day out, 147 km. Cape Shamanski. The southern end of Baikal. Enormouse numbers of tourists and no firewood.

The south-eastern coast of Baikal

Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill (65 Kb) Tan Bay (37 Kb)

30th June, 7th day out, 196 km. The Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill is hidden in mist, but the monument to suppressed nature is here on the shore.

1st July, 8th day out, 215 km. Tan Bay - still winter here.

Mamay Bay (49 Kb) Karga Babyya islands (18 Kb)

1st July, 8th day out, 232 km. Mamay Bay and River Osinovka (on the right).

6th July, 13th day out, 378 km. Circumventing the sandbanks near the Karga Babyya Islands.

The delta of the River Selenga

Selenga delta (62 Kb) River Selenga (38 Kb)

6th July, 13th day out, 391 km. Irises in the Selenga delta. Something like an hour was spent on the search for channels. We have begun the journey upstream.

7th July, 14th day out, 420 km. In the Lobanovsky channel. We will move down this channel to Baikal to the north of the Selenga delta.

Next: Part 2. The eastern coast from Proval Bay to Barguzine Bay



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