Kraznoyarsk and onward east

As we entered Kraznoyarsk we saw a biker on a Harley Davidson. Turned out to be Sacha from this city. Kraznoyarsk is a city of over a million people and is famous for the nearby hydro-electric dam. The dam appears on the 10 Rouble note. Sacha assisted us with finding accommodation and the BMW dealer where Gordon managed to get a new rear tyre. The dealership is of the quality you expect but we were surprised at the prices. For instance the BMW Adventure which costs the equivalent of 650,000 Roubles costs about a million Roubles here in Russia. No wonder we have not seen any home grown Beemers here! Left Kraznoyarsk towards Irkutsk and immediately encountered the disappearing road syndrome. The road just stops and a track takes over. We have developed our off-road skills on these tracks over the last two days. The joke of it is it is named the M55 motorway and the lorries have taken this seriously and drive on it casting about 500m of dust. If you are behind them then you cannot see the foot deep potholes and you need your wits about you to avoid them.  When we stop we are covered in dust and need a supply of Anne French Deep Cleansing Milk – Graeme, please send us some of your supply!  In a hotel near Lake Bajkal at the moment and we hear we have another 600 km of dirt track ahead. If it rains we will probably have to hole up somewhere as the trucks turn the track to mud- No rain please! We are still having problems finding WIFI in Russia and we hope Vladivostok will have a good link.  Meantime we will keep trying to send stuff to the blog. Tomorrow towards Lake Bajkal, Ulan-Ude and Chita.