Route in China (SIBERIA - Irkutsk)

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Travel story: Route in China (SIBERIA - Irkutsk)

Irkutsk
Soviet days were over but getting a Russian visa was just as difficult and expensive as it was during the cold war. I was lucky to avoid the greedy clutches of Intourist by purchasing, via the internet, a visa support invitation from an independent agency here in Irkutsk. Youri Nemirovsky picked us up at the station and brought us to our respective homestays. The next day I went sightseeing and visited Andrew Savchuck, a computer engineer I had met on the internet.More