• Sunrise on Lake Baikal
  • it had been dark since Ulan-Ude, we awoke on the Circum-Baikal spur line
  • the world's deepest lake, 5371 feet
  • Lake Baikal contains 20% of the world's fresh water
  • Nicknamed "the Blue Eye of Siberia" and "the Holy Sea"
  • it freezes to a depth of 3 meters for four months of the year
  • the Angara in the ONLY river that flows OUT of the lake
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  • the lake is surrounded by high mountains
  • we meet in the dining car to prepare for a day on the lake
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  • old fishing seines
  • in a few areas the old line had a new old line around the tunnel
  • old buildings reflect this train line is no longer used except for a few tourists
  • we stop to look at old rock walls
  • Mike on the engine, hold on
  • protected by and several houses with a motorboat
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