Olkhon is the third-largest lake-bound island in the world. We were staying in Khuzhir, a small village on the western coast. They don't have running water but they do have electricity which they only got in recent years....
There were no tours and the mountain bike hire guy was on holidays so we had to walk everywhere. This meant we were restricted in what we could do. Khuzhir is closed to Shaman rock so we went in that direction. We soon discovered that we had a pack of dogs following us. They were quite friendly and kept us company for the day.
After about 4 hours we went back to the village to see if we could find a Starbucks, surprisingly they didn't have one but they had a coffee shop which like everything else was closed for winter.
We inquired about Internet access and wifi also but it turns out that was closed for Winter too. We thought it was very funny so when I decided to start a blog I thought it was a suitable name. Finally here is one of my favorite photos from Olkhon island.
I'm writing this post from China where youtube, blogger, facebook and so on are all blocked. I'm using a proxy to access them but its painfully slow so I'm only using small versions of the photos as the upload is very very very very slow via the proxy.
Khuzhir on Olkhon Island
There were no tours and the mountain bike hire guy was on holidays so we had to walk everywhere. This meant we were restricted in what we could do. Khuzhir is closed to Shaman rock so we went in that direction. We soon discovered that we had a pack of dogs following us. They were quite friendly and kept us company for the day.
One of the dogs
More dogs
We climbed up Shaman rock, well Martin did, I gave up after about 20 minutes and took some pictures instead. If you look closely at the following picture you can see martin at the summit.
Shaman Rock on Olkhon Island
After about 4 hours we went back to the village to see if we could find a Starbucks, surprisingly they didn't have one but they had a coffee shop which like everything else was closed for winter.
Cafe on Olkhon Island is closed for Winter
We inquired about Internet access and wifi also but it turns out that was closed for Winter too. We thought it was very funny so when I decided to start a blog I thought it was a suitable name. Finally here is one of my favorite photos from Olkhon island.
View of Lake Baikal
I'm writing this post from China where youtube, blogger, facebook and so on are all blocked. I'm using a proxy to access them but its painfully slow so I'm only using small versions of the photos as the upload is very very very very slow via the proxy.
how tall was the Shaman Rock?
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