Olkhon is the biggest Island on Lake Baikal. There is no asphalt roads and electricity appeared ~10 years ago. Island is famous for beatiful landscape and shamanic culture. Main village on island is Khuzir. I was there this year and I took some interesting photos.
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Around Irkutsk
You can get to the island only by ferry
One of this ferrys
Harbor on Olkhon Island
“Marszrutki”
Khuzir village
Market and monument in the centre of Khuzir
Vernacular houses of Island
Rural atmosphere
“Shamanka” rock
Place of the shamanic culture
Orthodox church and beautiful Baikal
On Island we rent a bikes
Harbor in Khuzir
Abandoned ship
No-name village few miles from Khuzir
You are in wrong neighbourhood
Locals
Also locals
“Shamanka” rock
Local cat
Way to “Shamanka”
Khuzir
Local dogs
Return to Irkutsk…
Soviet Bus Stop I collected
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love the photography you took ,and especially the cow photography.
These are interesting photos. It looks pretty cold! Why are there not more people out and about?
We were after tourist season so tourist were not so much. The local ones usually dealt with their own affairs and there were not many of them visible. Temperature in September was about 3-5C, I stood up to my knees in Lake Baikal for 20 seconds, very cold.
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These are interesting photos. It looks pretty cold! Why are there not more people out and about?
We were after tourist season so tourist were not so much. The local ones usually dealt with their own affairs and there were not many of them visible. Temperature in September was about 3-5C, I stood up to my knees in Lake Baikal for 20 seconds, very cold.
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