The enchanting beaches of Baikal

From Novosibirsk, the Czars took a 40-hour train ride to Baikalsk, a small village (not too far from Irkutsk) at the shore of the deepest lake in the world - lake Baikal. After writing their memoirs and sending out e-pigeons, the Czars set off to walk along the Baikal beach. By luck they met unstoppably laughing sorceresses Tanya and Veronika, who offered them to stay in their magical mansion for the night. As czar Fredovich has mastered the art of cooking spells, the feast has begun.

Boarding a local bus in Baikalsk

The Czars in the magical mansion

Pancakes summoned by czar Fredovich

In the morning, a slow train came to transport the Czars further along the coast. On nose of the locomotive, they went through tunnels and birch groves to the end of the rails to a small settlement called Port Baikal, where old ship wrecks lined the pebble beaches.

Czar Bonegovich taking a nap on the train

The Czars at the locomotive nose

Wrecks around Port Baikal

After enjoying a sunny day on the shore and fulfilling Fredovich's resolution to bath in Baikal, the Czars took a ferryboat to Listvyanka, the most famous village in the region full of Russian travellers. Finding a comfortable room in a house of local landlord Mikhail did not take very long, so the Czars could even spare some time building kingdoms in royal games.

The Czars playing Eufrat & Tigris

Next day the Czars climbed the cliffs and explored beautiful view points of the lake (which rather resembles a sea) and mountains at the horizon. It would also not be a Baikal visit without tasting omul, delicious local fish.

Tasting delicious smoked omul

Czar Madonovich conquering Baikal cliffs

The mysterious atmosphere

Relaxed and with a classic travellers' feeling of how fast the whole trip passed, the Czars moved to Irkutsk to catch a plane to Moscow.

Long live the Czars! :)