russia they came back to the tenth century and now i'm on my way to the largest lake in the region lake elman but i'm looking for a bit of a shortcuts. the town lies on the banks of the mistah river and it's perfect for a more direct route assuming you can find the right transportation told where larry and the boys are experience for office and the mistah river has some of the best white water in europe in russia. everything seems pretty gentle but i was warned not to get too comfortable. don't be lulled by the quiet waters this is just the cam before the storm. it's much tougher in spring when the water rises as high as the top slabs of that in the bank meant. that point the water is to be metres higher than what it is right now. the mistah used to be a vital supply route and a few hundred years ago the river would have been jammed with ships making their way to st petersburg. apparently back in seventeen eighty five the british ambassador wants to fight the express command of the czarina catherine the great and rode the rapids here and i could hear them in the distance. things are just star