Kitoy River "Pearl of the Sayan" Take-out

The skinny on the take-out of the Kitoy-
We get out at a foot bridge in the village of Razdolnoe and drag our boats 1km to the town center where the main store is closed. Beer sure would be nice right now we think. After a couple hours of people watching and playing with goats Victor finds a smaller shop on a side street.

photo by Nikki Kelly- Waiting in Razdolnoe- Why does the shop have to be closed?

We have oranges, apples, chocolate, and beer.--Yummy!! Still no one is heading to Angarsk where we can easily find a ride back to Irkutsk. We wait some more.

photo by Nikki Kelly-Anyone want to give us a lift with all our stuff?


photo by Nikki Kelly- Life in Razdolnoe seems pretty nice


photo by Nikki Kelly- Nice cruising bikes


photo by Nikki Kelly- It seemed that everyone had their own motorbike


photo by Nikki Kelly- Russian villages

After 5 hours of basking in the sun and playing with the goats a big truck shows up and gives Alex and Fred a ride with all the boats 30km to the nearest bus stop. Everyone else and the paddles will wait for the once a day bus and ride that to Angarsk. The plan is to meet back in Irkutsk.

photo by Nikki Kelly- Russian Villages again


photo by Nikki Kelly- Still waiting foir a ride

Fred and Alex get to the bus stop, the bus comes, and convince the ticket lady to load 6 kayaks. By the time we reach Angarsk the bus totally packed standing room only. Only one person was upset by the boats, everyone else was curious and friendly. Finally Angarsk. It takes Alex 2 hours to locate someone to drive us and the boats back to Irkutsk. We load them up and head towards home. As we enter the city a car pulls up behind us. It is the rest of the crew. Way to go it only took 9 hours to complete the whole process. Gotta love Russia- patience and persistance goes a long way.



photo by Nikki Kelly- Hey goat, quit chewing on the drybag!!