Irkutsk

First and foremost about Irkutsk: AIDS. A disturbing percentage of the Irkutsk's youth has AIDS, so mind the gap. Second: stay away from the ibiza like island; it's depressing. if you read this in time, there is a very decent cheap hotel north from the river, overlookin the 'chinese' market - which is the polite way to say that it sells crap. oh, and related to the 'first and foremost' section: female speciemen in Irkutsk are particularly stunnin. It must be the lake, but more likely the fact that it is the oxbridge of siberia. Things to sea: the huge stain of Ezio's blood by the river, just off the chatolic church (what does that mean, by the way... that I have shed my blood next to the only chatolic church in that third of earth...). Also piece of flyway on the main square - there is a billion rubles prize for any foreigner who guesses what the flyway lookin monolite on the square is or was or will be... other than that, if you find old soviet farts sellin books on the streets, do buy something.