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shucks11
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 Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:19 pm Post subject: Irkutsk - olkhon island - ulan ude |
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Can anybody tell me if it is possible (or relatively easy!) to get off the train at Irkutsk, travel to Olkhon Island for a few days and get from there to Ulan Ude to meet up with the Trans-Siberian again?
Just thought it would be nice to see a different area instead of doubling back to Irkutsk again to get the train.
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Baikalist
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:47 pm Post subject: Re: Irkutsk - olkhon island - ulan ude |
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| shucks11 wrote: | Can anybody tell me if it is possible (or relatively easy!) to get off the train at Irkutsk, travel to Olkhon Island for a few days and get from there to Ulan Ude to meet up with the Trans-Siberian again?
Just thought it would be nice to see a different area instead of doubling back to Irkutsk again to get the train.
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Hi!
It is quite possible to make this trip. From Irkutsk you can drive with the regular bus to Olkhon island, spend a few days at Olkhon, than return to Irkutsk (arrive Irkutsk at 16:00 usually) and take a train to Ulan-Ude (there are some trains to Ulan-Ude every days). |
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iv54
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:04 am Post subject: |
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| Человек-то хочет как раз, не возвращаясь в Иркутск, махнуть на тот берег, в Бурятию. Специалисты, разъясните. |
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gaijin
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:01 am Post subject: |
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| Baikalist, you missed the question : is there a way to go from the island to Ulan Ude, NOT going via Irkutsk? |
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gaijin
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I don't have a detailed answer, but there are several towns on the east shore, and probably several of them offer a solution. There is no doubt that all these towns have bus routes to Ulan Ude.
There are boat routes from Ust Barguzin, don't have any details about them, but I wouldn't worry, you can make that trip. If you know how long you'll take from Irkutsk to the island, plan at least the same from the island to Ulan Ude, with a few hours on top (although it might be shorter, distance is shorter). After all you want to enjoy it and I don't suppose you're in a rush. 2 or 3 nights in that region would be great, I envy you.
Here you'll see the island, the town of Ust-Barguzin on the east, and most of the road going to Ulan Ude, which is just south out of the map if you're not in full screen mode.
http://maps.google.ru/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=ru&geocode=&q=&ie=UTF8&ll=52.83264,108.28125&spn=1.463507,3.488159&t=h&z=8 |
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gaijin
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:29 am Post subject: |
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Yep, I was right, there are routes from the island to Ust Barguzin, here is the site of the boat company bsed in Ust Barguzin.
http://www.lakebaikal.org/
Sh... making such a trip is a dream for me, will you send pics ?  |
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