ice ice baby!

alright stop!

we just spent 2 nights out at lake baikal which was absolutely beautiful. We stayed in a big wooden chalet ovelooking the lake. Its still off season there so we didn't get to do everything we wanted to as there was still a huge block of ice stopping any boats from docking there! We walked on the ice which was a little scary as this morning we came out to see that same block of ice floating out to the middle of the lake. It has been beautiful and sunny and we spent yesterday afternoon drinking beers and looking out over the ice to the snow capped mountains on the other side of the lake. We are catching our train tonight and leaving Russia for Mongolia. It will be a shame to leave but its quite expensive here so it will be good to get out and look forward to easy budget travelling from here on in. I should be able to upload some pics in a couple of days.

Have fun out there!