

Then the bus trip back to Irkutsk, which Gordon has offered to describe:
Gordon: Worst bus trip ever! (And that includes the time the pre-school teacher put me on the wrong bus after school, and I ended up in Whoop Whoop - a locale quite unfamiliar to me at such a tender age.) There's a reason there's an industry out there, compiling TV programs out of YouTube clips of a special sort of driving that can be found in Russia.
Liz again - I am surprised Gordon let the bus trip off so lightly. It was really scary, and by far the worst driving I have ever seen - both by our driver, and by everyone else on the road. And our seat belts did not work. No photos of this - I was too busy praying.

Fine specimens of animals, both current and ancient.
Then an exploration of the main streets and statues and buildings and parks nearby.

