The 4 days on the train passed pretty quickly and gave us time to relax, catch up on sleep, eat, talk and read. The scenery as we passed through siberia was great especially as everything was covered in snow. Although much of the time it was dark or foggy so visibility was not always great. We arrived in Irkutsk at 5am, it was -25 and it was a bit of a shock after spending 4 days on the train with 2 or 3 minutes stops every so often.
A sign showing the temperature outside the train station
The landscape, the people, the cars, the trams, everything was different than what I had encountered so far on the trip. Here are some pictures from my first day in Irkutsk.
The street outside the train station.
The train station in Irkutsk is on the opposite side of the river to the city center so we had to take a tram to get to the hostel. We had booked the hostel online and chose it as it was centrally located and did not charge for laundry, Internet access or linen.
The tram that we took to our hostel in Irkutsk
Irkutsk has a mixture of old style buildings and modern buildings. Some of the old wooden buildings are quite weird...
Some of the old wooden building in Irkutsk
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