The city of irkutsk , located about 70km northwest of the southern end of lake baikal , is the gateway to the region for most travellers .
伊尔库茨克坐落在贝加尔湖南端西北方向70公里的地方,是大多数游客进入贝加尔湖地区的通道。
Dozens of ufo sightings are reported every year in the area , and only last month there were reports of an unidentified object hurtling into the nearby irkutsk region of siberia .
As our third day drew to a close , many of us due to get out at irkutsk the next morning were almost sad not to be going all the way to vladivostok ( by now only another three nights away ) .