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'''Irkutsk''' (Russian: Иркутск) is a Siberian city near the Baikal lake
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'''Irkutsk''' (Russian: Иркутск) is a city in [[Siberia]], [[Russia]] on the western shores of Lake Baikal.
  
== Hitching Out ==
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== Hitching out ==
  
===South-West towards [[Sludianka]], Ulan-Ude===
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=== Southwest towards [[Sludianka]], [[Ulan-Ude]] (M55) ===
From down-town Irkutsk, near the main market, take a mini-bus (marshrutka) going to Shelekhov (Шелехов) and go until the last stop (50 minutes). You will be on a highway going to Ulan-Ude and it's a great hitch-hiking spot.
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From downtown Irkutsk, near the main market, take a minibus (marshrutka) in the direction Shelekhov (Шелехов) until the last stop (approximately 50 minutes). You will be on the M55 highway which goes around the southern shores of Lake Baikal to Ulan-Ude. There is a great hitchhiking spot here.
  
 
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Revision as of 16:45, 16 August 2009

Irkutsk (Russian: Иркутск) is a city in Siberia, Russia on the western shores of Lake Baikal.

Hitching out

Southwest towards Sludianka, Ulan-Ude (M55)

From downtown Irkutsk, near the main market, take a minibus (marshrutka) in the direction Shelekhov (Шелехов) until the last stop (approximately 50 minutes). You will be on the M55 highway which goes around the southern shores of Lake Baikal to Ulan-Ude. There is a great hitchhiking spot here.