Not just home to water, Lake Baikal houses thousands of species of plants and animals, many of them endemic (native) to that region. The Buryat tribes also reside there, raising goats, camels ...

"Baikal? Baikal!" I silently echoed. Could he really mean that Baikal? The fabled lake of legends? The origin of Buryat-Khori myths? The endless expanse of pristine waters so clear you can see the ...