Monthly Archives: January 2010
Harbin Ice Festival
Finally, the time had arrived and we headed over to the Ice Festival at 4pm. We had a friendly taxi driver who took us to a place where we could buy our tickets for a discounted price and avoid the … Continue reading
Downtown Harbin
Into a taxi, traveling on a business card and a prayer to try and find the dumpling place our mates in Beijing had told us, was a must eat in Harbin. For some reason, both of us had visions of … Continue reading
Dress to Impress, Harbin Style
How cold is Harbin? It’s the opening scenes of Empire Strikes Back cold. In fact when we alighted from the train Tanya’s nostrils froze. From everything we read, everyone talked about the cold. I’ve heard stories about frozen cameras, lost … Continue reading
Train to Harbin
After spending the last few weeks on hiatus in Canada, where it seems everyone we met was either stoned, slow eh, an Australian working in Whistler or the entire trifecta we arrived back in China. Not knowing if the venerable … Continue reading
