Plan ahead for summer vacation: Buryatia’s warm lakes

Jan 09 2014

Elena Petrova

special to RBTH

The mountain’s outlines resemble a sleeping lion. Its head and shaggy mane rests on its paws, a powerful back forms, and the road going down the mountain looks like a lion’s tale.

Elena Petrova

According to old Russian folk wisdom, “you should prepare the sleighs in the summer, and plan summer vacation in the winter.” If you are tired of the beach scene and tourist routes and entertainment, you should think about relaxing waterside at Buryatia’s lakes.

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