Travel notes of Lake Baikal

Finally decided to set off, this time the destination is Lake Baikal, the mysterious world of ice and snow. The decision to go to Lake Baikal is simple: I haven't gone out to play by myself for a long time, so I discussed my travel destination with my sister. I just started my planned trip because my sister wanted to go to the snow country that she coveted for more than a year. After all, every southerner has a distant place, and that is ice and snow.

In fact, at that time, I wanted to go abroad and keep my opinion of Xiang Xue. With this in mind, I chat with my colleagues at work. She said that she was going to Lake Baikal for the Spring Festival.

At that time, I didn't know "Lake Belga" or "Lake Baikal", nor did I listen to Li Jian's songs.

I saw some photos on the Internet, Lan Bing and the world of ice and snow. Good, that's it. So I bought a plane ticket, booked a hotel and applied for a visa within a week, and then I listened to Lake Baikal in Li Jian from time to time to express my feelings.

The more raiders do, the more I think this place is worth it.

Lake Baikal, now belonging to Russia, is a fighting nation, which is located in southern eastern Siberia and Irkutsk region. It is the deepest lake in the world and the largest freshwater lake in Eurasia.

It is also easy to find her on the map, just above the rooster territory in China.

She does not belong to Europe, but to Asia; Formerly known as Beihai, it was once the main activity area of northern tribes in China. According to legend, Su Wu was herding sheep here in Han Dynasty. In the Yuan Dynasty, China people once called this place the Giant Sea. The Qing dynasty controlled the area for a short time, and it was included in the Russian Empire after the Treaty of Nebuchadnezzar Chu.

I have always believed that every landscape has its own unique beauty at different times. This is the first time I have seen Lake Baikal, 65438+1I plan to see her mysterious world of ice and snow at the end of October.

Speaking of Siberia, I can't help shivering, because the context of these four words is the Siberian cold current. This time I finally came to this place called Siberia, Irkutsk, the nearest city to Lake Baikal.

The flight time from Beijing Capital Airport to Irkutsk is less than three hours. When we were about to land, we traveled all night and took a nap on the plane. We were tired and vaguely saw the small window framing a beautiful sunrise for us.

When we are about to land, we can't help looking out of the window with the expectation of a new journey. The snow-capped window is occasionally mixed with Woods and cabins, which is exactly what we expected.

But this is not just a place for white people. At sunrise on the plane, our Siberian Airlines S7 is green, the international airport is fresh and natural blue, just like a castle in a fairy tale, and all kinds of buses are driving on the snow-covered ground.

Still can't help but rush out to meet this brand-new destination between waiting for the bus. First, we went to the store next to the bus stop to buy food. Yes, as in Raiders, most local residents can't speak English, so we used the most powerful dance in the world to communicate. We chose a chicken sandwich, and the salesman pointed to the yellow chicken on my sister's head and said something. The customers nearby also talked and laughed, as if they had taught us the word chicken. This is really a good start.

Then we were very excited, playing in the smell of coal smoke at MINUS 20 degrees, and video with our parents.

I didn't know until I got on the bus. After all, it is the hometown of Siberian cold current. Sitting in the car, I feel the soles of my feet are cool.

The car slowly drove out of Irkutsk and saw a red church in the snow, which should be one of the landmarks of Irkutsk, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan. I will recognize her at a glance, it should be because I have seen too many raiders. It's a pity that I can't arrive on this trip.

It is said that the regular tour of Lake Baikal is a small train around the lake in summer. In Lan Bing season, the train has stopped. The routine visit is the largest island of Orhong in Upper Baikal, and I live in the largest village on the island-Huzier Village. The so-called one-day tour on the northern line and one-day tour on the southern line also starts from Hurrir village and goes to the north or south of the island.

It takes about seven or eight hours to drive from Irkutsk to Huzier village: the bus that picks up the airport drives all the way out of the city, passes through hillsides, snowfields and plains, stops at a service area for dinner, and then arrives at the lake around 3 pm; Because the ice is not particularly thick, you need to take a hovercraft to the island. The hovercraft glides for less than 10 minutes, and then walks over when it meets a donkey friend.

If you change hovercraft on the island, your first impression is Lake Baikal. The whole lake is frozen, and there is a layer of snow and sand on the ice. Below the ice is a deep lake blue, just like the positioning of WeChat friends circle. This is water.

Body (water body); Walking on the ice with surprise and joy.

And this day's one-day trip to the northern line is to completely enter this world of ice and snow.

The Northern Line is the most essential tour route on the lake, and you can visit Mianshan, Sanxiong Mountain, Love Stone and Hebo Corner along the way. The above comes from the raiders. If you ask me, there is nothing special during the tour. What is this? What's the story? Because the driver's uncle can't speak English, he just stopped to let us down, and didn't say when to gather. Because it was freezing, we had to get on the bus ourselves. Even if people are not cold, the phone camera will be dead soon.

If you use very concise language to describe the feeling of this day, it is seen in heaven.

I saw such photos on the Internet before, and I was surprised that there was such a place. On this day, I was in a place like this, and everything I saw was like a fantasy.

When I first started walking on the lake, I was afraid of falling down, although the car had been driving on the ice for some time before walking on the lake.

One day, the northern line has gone to heaven and has been slightly shaken. At the beginning of the next day, the southern line also saw a large innocent wave wall as thin as a feather. That surprise has been somewhat discounted. But Lake Baikal never let us down. On this day, on the same breakwater wall, we got off the bus and saw a lovely little fox scurrying about in the ravine. The elf is a little curious about the approach of a group of us. And on this day, we spent more time driving on the lake, went to stupa Mountain and watched bubble ice.

Olkhon Island is located in the northern part of Lake Baikal, near the deepest part of the lake. It has always been regarded as the center of shamanism in northern Russia and regarded as a holy place among the holy places by Buryats who believe in shamanism. Every stone, cape and hill on the island is endowed with legends or myths. So Orhon Island is also called "mysterious island" by Russians. The most famous shaman stone on the island. It is said that the gods of Lake Baikal live in Shaman Rock.

After the first day of the Northern Line, we returned to B&B around 3 pm. We were a little tired. After lying in bed for almost an hour, we decided to get up and go to Shaman Rock.

For the first time in the past, I took photos while walking on the road. In this quiet small village, every intersection seems to be an excellent place to take pictures.

On this day, the weather was fine and the sunset glow was surprisingly beautiful, reflecting the snow-white village into a golden world.

When we arrived at Shaman Rock and failed to reach the nearest place, it was already sunset. It's getting dark and it's getting colder and colder. When I arrived at Shamanzhu, I felt that the wind blew people away, so I took a few photos nearby and went back, and agreed to come early the next day and climb the rocks early.

The next day, after the end of the southern line, we set out for Shamanyan early and stopped at Nikita Youth Hostel, which is the most famous folk custom and wooden house on the island, but with more diverse styles.

The sunset glow and sunset glow on this day are not as colorful as on the first day, but at that moment, the pink glow, blue sky and snow-white lake still set off like this.

Living in Hulil village for nearly four days and three nights really seems to be isolated from the world; Apart from traveling north and south, we haven't been out of the village much, but we took every spare time to visit the village, such as the grove, graffiti pier, Shaman Rock, chapel, Nikita Youth Hostel, school, restaurant, supermarket and so on.

The time on the island seems to be a long time apart.

The school here has ice hockey and slides. This is a time machine, which brings me back to my childhood.

This is another corner of fairy tales in the world of ice and snow, hut and fireplace.

This is what I cherish most. This life is at least worth walking in the ice and snow.

I attach my feelings and strategies along the way here, hoping that you can break into this world of ice and snow like me.

The scenery seen during the trip is only part of it, and good memories are also made up of people you meet.

When I first entered the island, there were several Belgian tourists in the same car, and I only had time to greet each other. Where did you come from and stayed for a few days? Two Korean women bravely took off their heavy coats and only wore sweaters in the ice and snow. I picked up a few simple words and asked them if they were Korean. When I finally left the island, I met two German girls. At first, I thought they were locals. Later, I wanted to break through the language barrier with drivers and had a brief talk with them.

Also in the restaurant, I asked for directions on the way to the scenic spots, discussed their own strategies, and chatted with a couple from Chengdu on the way. I also met several travelers in the process of carpooling and have been to Turkey myself. I envy it, too.

As for the local people, because of the language barrier, communication is very limited, but we can still feel a thing or two from this limited contact.

In the early morning of Hurrir village, you will meet people fighting when you stroll around. They are tall or short, but they are all strong. When you see us, you will say "Ni Hao" with a smile. The little boy who went out to school in the morning was surprised and ashamed when he saw us at the door. It seems that he is afraid of dogs and hides with the big dog that has been following us for a long time. After school, a group of children are still playing ice hockey on the playground. Seeing our past, the two children came back, and it was very exciting and cautious to take a photo with us. At noon on the last day, we passed by the alley next to the school and met three or four teenagers of fifteen or sixteen. They talked with us enthusiastically. In limited communication, we finally found out that they were asking if we had any cigarettes.

The funniest thing is this bus driver who drove us away from Olkhon Island, a buddy who looks like Putin.

In order to transfer to a hovercraft, we found one of the CMB according to the note given by the driver before. After waiting for a long time, we told him through Google translation that we were advised to attract guests (guests coming down from the hovercraft) because we wanted to leave early with enough food. He said no, as if he had his own rules, so we waited wave after wave. At this point, I am still a little touched and feel sorry for my recklessness afterwards.

Soon, the driver's tall and handsome image was broken by himself.

These goods cost the four of us 800 rubles each. We gave him 3200, and he looked like he was going to collapse, pointing to the number "3600" he wrote on paper, and we were going to argue with him. He picked up the pen and wrote two more numbers in his hand, 800 and 4, saying something excitedly. Finally, when I was about to show him my mobile phone, he reacted under my uncle's reminder, and then _ _ told us to sleep. Then the interaction behind is that we laugh, he says sleep and holds my shoulder. Along the way, no matter what I say or do, he always says one word to me: sleep.

Then, after driving for 15 minutes, he answered a phone call, drove back, put a pile of documents and set off again.

The best and only restaurant on the island has good red soup; This time, I realized that Shanghai cuisine in Luo Songtang originated from Russian. Yes, you are right. The vegetables you eat on the island are cold salad and simple salad.

Breakfast at the landlord's house is the same every day. Ask us porridgeorfried the next day

Eggs, I will be silly after eating porridge. Can it be porridge? Cream rice, sweet. At that moment, I was glad that I only chose a so-called porridge.

This is a fish meal. Of course, we prepared instant noodles. Unexpectedly, the instant noodles we bought on the island turned out to be Korean spicy Lamian Noodles.

This is jiaozi over there. There's a seasoning I don't know about. The area here is close to the northeast, but the size of jiaozi has nothing to do with the northeast.

This is a one-day meal: on the first day, the northern line is a rice ball with sausage and a piece of bread with black tea; The next day, we saw other drivers making big moves on the ice in the blink of an eye, thinking that we could also improve our food and eat the legendary fish soup. The result is potatoes with sausages. At that moment, my heart collapsed.

I can always pick out the good from the bad. Although not as good as China's N cuisine, I have to say that the red soup, sausages and milk there are all good. Oh, I also missed a roast chicken leg and other staple foods. No matter bread, dough and rice are all plastic. Imagine the pain of a typical plastic-flavored China's stomach.

This trip is a little nervous, just like going to explore the road; If there is another chance to go in the future, there must be other ways to make up for some regrets.

For example, Irkutsk only stayed for half a night and didn't go shopping much. If you can stay in the city for a few more days, you can take a bus at Central Station to Listvyanka, a town near Lake Baikal. In winter, you can experience dog sledding, visit museums and enjoy fishing villages by the lake. The Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan in the city is just a glimpse in the snow outside the window, and it is uncertain whether it is the most beautiful Orthodox church in Irkutsk, the Russian Far East city.

If I go next time and have enough time, I am still looking forward to taking the legendary cross-border train, starting from Beijing, passing through Ulaanbaatar, then going to Lake Baikal and staying in Moscow for a week. There are also small trains around the lake. Of course, none of them seem to be around the whole lake.

That's my mentality now. I want to go to all the places I've never been. If I have the opportunity to go where I have been, I will naturally be very happy, because I will meet different people every time.

Self-help travel, in fact, requires more of yourself and needs to do more strategies. Share my strategy here.

Traveling abroad, mainly machine wine labels. The first two trips abroad, one to South Korea for business and one to Phuket, Thailand, were all reserved by the company for machine wine labels and followed. I especially want to experience my cross-border travel planning this time.

At that time, after learning about "Lake Baikal", I probably saw some other people's trips. Comparing the air ticket prices, I feel that the round-trip price of 2 100 is already very beautiful. Behind the beautiful price, the itinerary is slightly tight and the holidays are limited, so I made a decisive reservation.

When the plane ticket is booked, the general itinerary can be pieced together.

1/in the afternoon, the high-speed train went from Shanghai to Beijing.

1/27 took off from Beijing Capital Airport at 5 am and arrived in Irkutsk around 8: 40.

1/On the morning of 27th 10: 30, I got on the van, went to Orhon Island and ate in expressway service area. When I arrived at Lake Baikal, I changed my hovercraft, and then I changed my old car to the island. I stayed at B&B at about 5 pm and had dinner at B&B. After dinner, I went to the supermarket to buy some dry food, fruits and vegetables.

1/28, visited a quiet village in the morning and went to the pier. 10 Start a one-day tour of the northern line. After coming back at 4 pm, go to Shaman Rock to watch the sunset and have dinner at the hotel.

1/29 went to the chapel on the hillside early in the morning, 10 started a one-day tour of the southern line. When I came back, I went to the grove next to the hotel, and then I went to Shaman Rock.

1/30 strolled in the morning, mainly on the lake near the pier, foraging in the village at noon, leaving Huriye village at 1 in the afternoon, with 10 cars and hovercraft on the island, 18 buses reversing, and arriving at Marx Street in Irkutsk for foraging around 7 pm.

1/3 1 boarded the plane, left Irkutsk at 2: 40 am, and arrived at Beijing Capital Airport after 6 o'clock. After shopping in the duty-free shop, the airport bus went to the Forbidden City in Tiananmen Square, made an appointment with friends to make mutton hot pot at noon, left the sleeper train at 7 pm, arrived in Shanghai the next morning and went directly to work in the office.

From Beijing to Irkutsk, besides this red-eye flight, there are flights from Hainan Airlines at 09:55- 12:55, but it may be a little difficult to go to Lake Baikal on a tense day. When I was eating on the island, I met a small partner who took this flight. I was nervous that day and rented a car. It is said that the driver flew all the way at high speed and just caught the ferry before dark. Of course, the transportation fee will be charged more accordingly.

I'm full of energy, S7 red-eyed, but I'm a little tired of staying up late waiting for the plane. After boarding the plane, I slept in the dark, and I slept contentedly in the cabin on the second day of my trip or in the sleeper on the Beijing-Shanghai line on the second day of my return trip.

Well, the baggage allowance is behind the cheap ticket. Fortunately, my sister and I only brought hiking bags, less than 40L, and the heavy ones were all on us.

1at 65438+ on the afternoon of October 26th, the high-speed train from Shanghai to Beijing originally chose G8, which departed from Shanghai Hongqiao at 7: 00, and arrived at Beijing South Railway Station around 1 1: 00, ready to have a midnight snack and rushed to the Capital Airport. However, on the 25th, due to a fire near the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway or snowfall near Shanghai, many flights were delayed or cancelled on the 25th and 26th, and it was quickly decided to switch to the high-speed railway at 4pm on the 25th. I was very nervous at that time, because the course on the 25th was cancelled. After decisive improvement, it was found that the 26th G8 was also cancelled. The last high-speed train was more than 2 hours late and arrived at Beijing South Railway Station at midnight 1 1. It is always lucky.

Some people say that the trip was completed because of this accident, but I think, if I really miss the plane, should I cancel my trip and play in Beijing for a few days or buy another plane ticket of 3,500 yuan to postpone it for one day? Anyway, this is an extremely tense moment.

After seeing the sunrise in the north on the plane, the plane just landed and was very excited to get out of the cabin. It seems that it is not cold all the way here, and I rushed into the customs excitedly, which happened to be the third in a queue. Irkutsk's international airport is relatively small, with fewer customs, and there are about six entry points. At this time, only one plane entered Hong Kong, and the passengers on and off the plane were either tourists or locals returning home.

In front of our team are several middle-aged tour groups from Jiangsu. At this time, two sisters appeared in front of us. The first elder sister came forward with her passport and passed in a short time. Then the officials went out of the gate and spoke Russian to the crowd. Then the locals at the back of the line crowded into our row. Maybe this team has suddenly become exclusive to locals? This feeling is really bad. At this time, I don't know that the worse feeling is yet to come.

My sister and I quickly ran to a nearby queue crowded by many locals, waiting for the customs. First of all, it's my turn. I stood outside the glass window and looked up at the official sitting inside with a serious face. I showed him my passport, turned to the visa page, and attached a copy of the hotel invitation letter. He put the copy of the invitation aside with a straight face, looked back and forth on my passport information page and my face, and suddenly made a gesture of holding a hat, which I did. I thought it was almost over, he suddenly said, wait, he told me to back off, but kept my passport. The next one is my sister, who went through the same process as me. While we were waiting, we suddenly saw a little soldier called out. He looked like a China, so we eagerly stepped forward and asked why we were detained in Chinese. As a result, he is actually a local, more nervous than us, and can only say wait.

Just when I was worried that we might be missed10 A.M. to pick up the car, I went to the bathroom and we were released soon after coming out. Back and forth about delayed * * * more than twenty minutes, as to why was detained, we really don't know.

There is such a messy experience in outbound travel, so it would be better to reserve a buffer time.

On the afternoon of the 29th, on the way to Olhon Island, a friend who listened to carpooling said that a fire broke out in a tourist facility on this island in the early morning of the 28th, resulting in two deaths and five injuries. It is said that the deceased were two women with China passports. After returning to the village on this day, with the Internet, I received many inquiries from my friends. They all saw the news and expressed their worries. I didn't deliberately send a circle of friends to show that I am safe, because I think everyone will know that I am safe by comparing the time. I also sent several waves of photos on the evening of the 28th. Nevertheless, I am very grateful to my friends. Caring is chaotic, and I don't have time for such rational reasoning.

Later, I learned more about the incident. It happened in the early morning of our first night in Lake Baikal. It is said that there was a short circuit and fire in the engine room. In the same village, it's so terrible that even the electric heater can't be turned on at night.

I have been afraid to tell my parents about it. My mother said earlier that she didn't want us to go to Russia for fear of frostbite. I was still there and said, never mind, our heavy winter shirts are ready. Nothing, my mother also sent a sentence, "Think about my parents' feelings, okay? "As grandma always told me, don't go to America, don't go anywhere, it will explode and die; Perhaps many enlightened parents will have such worries when their children are away from home. The ancients said: "Parents are here, and they don't travel far. "As a daughter who has been wandering all the year round, I sometimes feel really ashamed.

Russian visas do not require proof of income, proof of work, etc. However, you need an invitation letter from a local hotel in Russia (not one per night, just one), and it is expressly stipulated that the original invitation letter is required. According to the online strategy, the scanned document will pass if it is lucky, but it is still risky.

Therefore, after buying a plane ticket, I will visit the hotel. Generally, hotels in Irkutsk can provide invitations free of charge, and some may also include cross-border postage. However, our itinerary did not allow us to stay in this city, so we contacted B&B, where the landlord politely told us that we could send invitations by email, but not by mail.

Later, I also considered the website of GOTORUS, and I can send invitations on behalf of it, one of which is about 100, and the postage is about 200 (for two people).

I was so excited to handle it myself, but I was still lazy after running around the consulate. Double Eleven bought a set meal on a treasure, and applied for a visa separately on 6 18. This idea is not more expensive than handling it myself 100 (the cost of going to the embassy for an individual tourist visa is 320 RMB-five working days for an ordinary visa), but I can still do it.

Later, my colleague went to handle it himself, saying that he went with a copy. It took about 15 minutes to go through the formalities at the embassy.

Foreign accommodation booking is generally two common websites, airbnb and Booking. We probably found a few on the website, comprehensively considered the cost performance, and finally found this cabin on airbnb. 623RMB for 3 nights is really beautiful. I was satisfied with it after I moved in, but the experience of going to the bathroom upstairs next door was a bit sad.

The local tourism in Lake Baikal is quite mature. After booking a room on airbnb, we asked the landlord about the transportation from Irkutsk to the lake and the one-day tour of the local northern and southern lines. The landlord will write it down in the notebook, then arrange the vehicle, and it will pass airbnb when it arrives on the same day.

APP sends us the license plate number, etc. The landlord can speak English, which fully takes into account the fact that we can't communicate with the driver.

This trip through the world of ice and snow, in addition to seeing amazing scenery, is also very proud to have completed such an intermediate cross-border self-help tour. What's more, it is very realistic that this trip is actually quite cost-effective.

The most important things in the trip are transportation and accommodation: transportation round-trip ticket 2 1 12RMB, Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail fare 553+690 RMB；; Stay in Hurrir Village for three nights, single person 3 1 1 RMB. If you travel abroad, a visa is also a big expense. One of our baby's visas is 6 18 RMB.

Rubles are used locally, and the exchange rate is 100 rubles, about 10.5 RMB, local one-day tour 1200 rubles, one-way traffic from Irkutsk to Huzier village is about 1000 rubles, and Chinese food is about 400 rubles, about 1000 rubles.

The above hard cost is about 5300 yuan, and there is a small amount of traffic in Beijing. Buy some snacks and souvenirs locally, which is less than 6000 yuan. Is it cost-effective?

I sent a circle of friends, and my friends always replied. I can feel my cold through the screen and keep asking me if I'm cold. My reply is that the temperature was below zero 18 degrees in those days, and it was warm, but my body felt fine, not cold.

It really is. I live in Shanghai all the year round. Although it is south of the Yangtze River, it is cold in winter and goes deep into the bone marrow. There is a kind of cold called wet cold without heating. This time, I returned to the long-lost north and reached the highest altitude in history. I have planned my anti-freezing ability countless times, and prepared long down jackets, underwear, extra-thick thermal underwear, wool caps with earmuffs, cotton masks, gloves and so on. I also bought snow boots that I haven't set foot on and warm babies that I haven't used. Here we go. Hey, it's really not cold.

Is a core problem to be solved. It's really cold to take pictures with your bare hands. It's important to take good photos without taking off gloves. Also, it is important to take satisfactory photos before the phone is turned off cold. When taking the North Line and the South Line, one of our major struggles is how to take a portrait and make a big scene ten minutes before getting off the bus and before the phone is turned off.

Here's a little spit to warm the baby. This thing can only continue to generate heat in hot places, and stop eating when it is cold ~ I take the warm baby out and put it on my stomach to continue to warm my mobile phone.