Natasha...our lovely host, who was SUCH big helpin getting our registration form stamped!
The little dachi at "Bolshiy Kotiy" ...
So quaint, eh?
Okay. This is for Papa, AND Jaime. Don't we love Russia?
Standing in front of Lake Baikal, with my wonderful travel friend Jaime :)Our last stop in Russia was Irkutsk, where we stayed for 5 days. Had a GREAT time there....it was a nice end to our Russia travels (for now). Although I used the word "great", don't be fooled into thinking we had no problems. No siree. There hasn't been a day where everything has gone smoothly. But, I wouldn't have it any other way :)
We've been trying to register in every city we've stayed in, but had no such luck. Being that our stay here was more than three days, we knew we really needed to register. So, after a bit of a scavenger hunt to try to find a hotel that would register us, we finally got it done. Hallelujah! The first place we started at, happened to be the hotel that registered us in the end. It would have been much easier if she had just done that in the first place, but no....nothing is that easy in Russia. After trapesing around for two days in Irkutsk, going from one building to another (getting registration documents, then finding out our host couldn't fill them out for us, then calling every hotel/hostel in Irkutsk, trying to find someone who could register us), we went back to "Angara Hotel", and the registration woman gave in, and did it for us. When she told me to hand her our passports, I looked at Jaime and said "Give her your passport", with a look that said "don't ask questions, I'll fill you in later". It was excellent! Whatever....we had a good laugh about it after.
Had the opportunity to go see Lake Baikal, and visit a little village called "Bolshiy Kotiy"...just a day trip (three hours to roam the village)....full of daches (cottages) where the locals go on the weekends. So beautiful! And the lake....my goodness, it is so huge, it looks like an ocean! We stood in the water and took pics, and spent an hour laying on the rocky beach and just relaxing! It was awesome!
k...outta time.
Real quick....we're in Mongolia now: arrived in Ulanbaatar this morning via train. We are safe, our stomachs have had some authentic Mongolian food, and we're blessed to be able to connect with all of you.
With love....
alison
We've been trying to register in every city we've stayed in, but had no such luck. Being that our stay here was more than three days, we knew we really needed to register. So, after a bit of a scavenger hunt to try to find a hotel that would register us, we finally got it done. Hallelujah! The first place we started at, happened to be the hotel that registered us in the end. It would have been much easier if she had just done that in the first place, but no....nothing is that easy in Russia. After trapesing around for two days in Irkutsk, going from one building to another (getting registration documents, then finding out our host couldn't fill them out for us, then calling every hotel/hostel in Irkutsk, trying to find someone who could register us), we went back to "Angara Hotel", and the registration woman gave in, and did it for us. When she told me to hand her our passports, I looked at Jaime and said "Give her your passport", with a look that said "don't ask questions, I'll fill you in later". It was excellent! Whatever....we had a good laugh about it after.
Had the opportunity to go see Lake Baikal, and visit a little village called "Bolshiy Kotiy"...just a day trip (three hours to roam the village)....full of daches (cottages) where the locals go on the weekends. So beautiful! And the lake....my goodness, it is so huge, it looks like an ocean! We stood in the water and took pics, and spent an hour laying on the rocky beach and just relaxing! It was awesome!
k...outta time.
Real quick....we're in Mongolia now: arrived in Ulanbaatar this morning via train. We are safe, our stomachs have had some authentic Mongolian food, and we're blessed to be able to connect with all of you.
With love....
alison
2 comments:
Wow - you are having an amazing experience out there Alison! Thanks so much for sharing with us.
Happy travels!
Hey Allison & Jamie:
This is neat as we can kind of travel along with you and enjoy some of your experiences.
Thanks for sharing. Have fun.
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