The home run!

hello spectators,

we have just arrived in Irktusk, Russia.  Staying in a hostel tonight, its pretty smelly but the fellow hostel goers are all fairly pleasant.  had a few mechanical issues with the ambulance yesterday but they have largely been resolved.  headed for lake baikal tomorrow wgere we plan to have a day off to mess about and hopefully get to the border by monday and possibly even UB by monday night depending on road quality.