Lake Baikal trip to the Far East of exile in blue nostalgia

Often heard people say, if you travel to Russia's Siberia region, Irkutsk is a station cannot miss. Siberia's vast desolate it is evident to anyone, flying from Beijing to the city about 3000 kilometers, so distant place, but every year attracts many tourists visit, where cold city attraction come from? I think the answer is pure blue water a profound boundless -- more than 60 kilometers away from Lake Baikal and Irkutsk. I believe most Chinese do not tread, but will not feel strange, Su Wu shepherd the story told in China through the ages, when he was exiled by the lake for nineteen years. This time I came all the way to the north, just to see the lake face.

Lake Baikal Tour

Where is Siberia?

Siberia (Siberia) in Russia, north area, west of Ural mountain, the East as the Pacific Ocean, north of the Arctic Ocean, South with China, Mongolia and Korea are neighbors, an area of 12760000 square kilometers, equivalent to 20 france.

Lake Baikal

Siberia has a vast territory, diverse terrain, according to the natural conditions are divided into three main areas: the West Siberia plain, low-lying, Numasawa Hirohiro, with an average altitude of 120 meters; the central Siberia plateau, with an average altitude of 300 ~ 500 meters; South and northeast to the mountains. Siberia is located in high latitudes, the long cold winter, warm summer short. The annual average temperature is below 0 ��. Vegetation is tundra, forest and swamp, taiga coniferous forest, forest steppe and treeless grassland, natural mineral resources are abundant, such as oil, natural gas, coal, gold and diamond etc..

The Angara River Bridge of the majestic.Many of the wooden building has been retained in eighteenth Century

A river in City

Want to see the Lake Baikal, the first to arrive in the "heart of Siberia" in Irkutsk City, it is the capital of Russia Irkutsk region, is the second largest city in Siberia east. In fact, the "big" only with respect to with much land and few people in Russia, 800000 of the population of the city, no matter the size of urban construction and the degree of prosperity, are not a "big" word. Irkutsk is located in the southwest side of Baer lake, the Angara river through the city through Lake Baikal, it is the only outlet river. In addition, there is a river in Irkutsk and the Angara River in the city intersection.