From Barnaul, we went to Novosibirsk again, and we sleep in a house were a birthday party was on process. Crazy night. We only can say next morning we were the first to get up and we leave the house early, we had to do it, because the road to Krasnoyarsk is ~850 km, more than 12 hours of driving.
Radical party in Novosibirsk
The road gave us spectacular views, like frozen rivers with the boats stuck in the ice.
Del barco de Chanquete no nos moverán
Then, we arrived to Krasnoyarsk: the capital of Siberia (with the permission of Novosibirsk, the other city who wants this honour). It’s an old city, founded on 1628, and it was not destroyed by the Second World War. The streets are different from the rest of the big Russians cities, there is a small European aura on the buildings and the disposition of the streets. And Krasnoyarsk is the cities of the fountains. Well, the fountains only work on summer, because on winter they are frozen, so… there are lights instead of the water.
The biggest fountain
And we had this information because of our hosts. Masha and Dima, are a very nice couple who lives with a giant cat in a wonderful flat. They were waiting us at the entrance of Krasnoyarsk, and we must say that we arrived so late to the city. We jumped on their car and they showed us the city.
Krasnoyarsk bridge
Next morning, Masha and Dima wanted to show us the big dam that provides electricity to Krasnoyarsk, and also the river and the mountains next to the city. Nice guided visit, we also watched the skiing tracks they have just next to the city.
Masha, Dima and David
The dam
We had a good impression of Krasnoyarsk, maybe because the city is more beautiful than the rest of the cities we have visited, maybe because our hosts were so nice.
At the midday, we left Krasnoyarsk and begin the long long long road to Irkutsk. 1.070 km, more than 15 hours, and the worst roads we will found on the trip.
Siberian State Aerospace University in Krasnoyarsk
