Living TRAVEL - RUSSIA

Ship, Canal and River Cruise (3 of 3 pages)

Ship: Maxim Litvinov; Route: Moscow Canal, Volga River, Uglich, Yaroslavl, Rybinsk Reservoir, Volga-Baltic Canal for the rest of the way including Kirillov & Goritsy, the White Lake, Kizhi in Lake Onega, Svir River, Mandrogi, Lake Ladoga, St. Petersburg. Locks: 18 locks involving a net fall of 24 metres.
    


Many birds follow the ship - above: common gull, below: Sabine's gull
 

 

Gull flying up the wall face of a lock
 

Gulls gather in the locks where the water is churned up
 

 

Lake Ladoga
 

 

 

Ship's wash in the shallow lake disturbs the small boats
 

Barge
 

Above and below: one of the many sunsets on the lakes
 

 

 

 
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