Irkutsk, Russia
After our snow safari we left Listvyanka on Monday morning amidst a crazy snow storm with BaikalEx's Leonid, a serious looking Russian, who thankfully rocked up in a sturdy looking 4x4 (there are an awful lot of very old Lada's is bad nick around these parts).
We were headed for Olkhon Island, a few hours North of Irkutsk, in the centre of Lake Baikal, reached by boat in summer, and by car in winter, across a series of "official" and non official ice r...