A nonfreezing river in winter in Russia

Arshan in Russia near the border with Mongolia owns 11 waterfalls and endless plain. In winter, mountains are covered with beautiful green forests, and there’s a lot of sunshine, a nonfreezing river formed from hot springs flows across local village… Arshan has been a travel attraction in winter.

Arshan means “curative spring water” in Mongolia, here you can go to the open-air hot spring, drink natural spring water. It can not only let tourists have a good rest, but also can enhance their immunity, add energy, improve their physical condition. Near the springs there are some villages and convalescence area.

Plunging waterfalls have become a glacier, but in fact, you won’t feel very cold, because it’s rather dry. Spring water flows on the ground, steam is floating above water, all white, seems like a wonderland. Arshan has a church, a very sacred place; the locals have attached great importance to it.

The pictures are from Link1, Link2 and Link 3.

Lake Baikal: the deepest & oldest lake in the world

Lake Baikal in Russia is the world's oldest lake, created thirty million years ago; also the deepest lake at a maximum depth of 1637 meters. Where water is particularly clear, so the ice is very transparent, you can see the fish, stones and plants in the ice, and so on.

The ice thickness of Lake Baikal reaches 1.5 meters to 2 meters, very enough to withstand 15 tons of cars. Many tourists are skating on the ice or riding a bike. But the ice in some areas will crack, you must be careful. Summer is the tourist season for Lake Baikal, many Europeans come here against the heat.

Local hostels are the kind of original modern log cabins, besides, local unique and delicious food is smoked fish, made of the autumn salmon of Lake Baikal. Winter travel tips: thick down jacket and trousers, waterproof hiking boots, warm caps, scarves and gloves, in addition it’s the best to take crampon and nonskid chain.

The pictures are from Link 1, Link 2, Link 3.