Olkhon Island

Olkhon Island is very dry, basically it consists of low hills, forests of fir, that surround the lake. A long unpaved road goes to the village of Khuzhir, pop 1,500, which is the Nikita's Hotel, very hippie and known by 'Lonely Planet'. Next day an excursion to explore the island. We left at 10:00 in a very old Russian van, very cool and very hard because in the interior there are no proper roads, only dirt roads and very fine sand, with holes that even with a 4x4 can be a problem. The tour takes you to see cliffs and beaches, but sometimes the fog is so thick that you can't see. At the furthest point of the island, there is a cliff with trees full of colorful ribbons (for prayers and good wishes).