monochrome

Previously posted photographs

« previous   |   index   |   next »

Irkutsk by the Angara River, Russian Federation

I took this photo while crossing the river from the train station into the city proper. I had gone to the station to take some photos. A light rain fell, and then a heavier one. I was to leave later that day, but took the time to take some photos of the train station before I would be laden down with my luggage. In the end, the photos I took while waiting for the train proved better than those I took on this preliminary outing.

With the afternoon ahead of me, I wandered the city. I had had a large lunch and debated having another meal before boarding the train for Mongolia. It would take almost two days to arrive in Ulaan Batur, and I contemplated a final good Russian meal before the next leg of my journey. In the end it was not to be. I was too full from lunch. I ended up eating reconstituted noodles on the train as we passed Lake Baikul under cover of darkness, the big dipper illuminating the night sky.

More photos of Moscow and my trip along the Trans-Siberian / Mongolian can be found at the links below:

Part one: The Trans-Siberian: Beautiful Monotony
Part two: The Trans-Mongolian: Contrasts