Across Olkhon (continued)
the rocky outcrop
| Looking back from my eventual position on the rocky outcrop, with Lena visible scrambling down a rock face on the right, and Yung Sheng back toward the main group on the left. |
| Lena looking back to see what Yung Sheng is shouting about.. |
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| I think it was something about the bus being about to leave... |
At Khoboi on the the most North Easterly tip of Olkhon
| Our next stop was at the start of a spectacular peninsula which jutted out to form the most north easterly point of the island. The peninsula was surrounded by cliffs on all sides. This picture shows the route down to the water beside the start of the peninsula. |
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Lena, of course, disappeared off in the direction of the
peninsula as soon as we got off the bus. I think she
took this and the following two pictures along her way
out toward the tip..
I think this is a picture looking over the cliff face on the way out, showing the rock platform below. |
| Looking east across the lake, through one of the rocky outcrops. |
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| I think this is looking west, in the direction of the nearer mainland shore. |
| I took this shot looking back along the peninsula toward the rest of the island, showing the steepness of the cliffs to the East. |
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| Not far behind, Yung Sheng and Gu Shung making their way out to the point. |
| I found Lena dangling over a sheer cliff trying to photograph this lone flower which appealed to her. Her batteries were almost flat, so she took this one with my camera. Unfortunately it doesn't really show how precarious the position was.. |
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| This picture gives a much better idea of the cliff she was dangling over... |
| Lena and Gu Shung waiting for me to take a picture of them at the tip of the peninsula. |
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| A slightly more posed shot after I told them I was ready to take it.. |
| The westerly edge of the peninsula was not quite so daunting, but not still an easy climb down to the water. |
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| Lena looks like she was contemplating it, when we got the call indicating it was time to head back to the bus. |
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Khoboi was spectacular, but a bit remote, so we had
arranged for the driver to drop us off at the nearest
village where we thought we would find a convenient
place to setup camp. Apparently this is normally a
round trip tour, and all the the other travelers on
the bus were being taken back to Olkhon.
Here we are waiting for the last stragglers to return before squeezing back into the bus for the last leg of our journey. |
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