Harbin
Travel Blogs from Harbin, China
i surrender
... thinking about it all...and i decided that i need to cultivate a sense of surrender if i'm to ultimately enjoy my time in china (and beyond). that is, giving in to my environment to be carried along instead of resisting and being torn apart. i ...
lisinan
... made it there just fine. i'm beginning to think that the woman who wrote the north-east province chapters of the lonely planet china guide never actually rode any of the bus routes she was writing about. the hostel is very bare bones...obviously geared at ...
Harbin in Spring
... some 53,000 square kilometers (about 20,463 square miles), have created a very distinctive food culture which reflects Harbin's history and special geographical position. However, under the influence of neighboring Russia, a number of authentic western ...
Will my spit freeze before it hits the ground?
... in China but a godsend, especially here. The drivers in China are not exactly the world's safest, and the ones from Harbin are not exactly China's safest. Because it's so cold, the streets are ice. It's difficult to cross as it's so slippery. This also ...
Little China Girl...
A 30hr train transit for a mere 500km distance between Vlad-Harbin is due to: (a) a bogie change due to a different rail system of Russia vs China (train is actually raised for the procedure!) (b) 3hrs "hurry-up-and-wait"ing for immigration formalities ...
Gordon Tang
I went to the top of the moutain with John... oh and a coach. Although it isn't long, it takes at least 20minutes to ski down to the starting point. By the way, I got to hit Andy;s face with a snowball~ nice! It is seven in the evening... I better be in ...
Ice
... the price). Pretty swell, for sure, and its scope was about what I expected---pretty big. It was the highlight of Harbin; however, also pretty interesting was the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Sophia, inside which was housed a small museum which had ...
Pedro Rafael Telhado Lobo
Hello World! This is my first time skiing, and so far I am good. The weather here is obviously cold, but is enjoyable. Skiing here is fun, because there is a lot of open spaces, beautiful landscapes, a wide variety of courses, and ...
1st night at the Milky Way hotel in Harbin City
We arrived the Harbin airport at 7:40 pm. Man it was so cold it was -19'C -_____- Then we took the bus to the Milky Way Hotel and had dinner at the KFC right next to the hotel. We were all very tired and went to bed after our late ...
wheeeee!
Helloo y'all we've just had our first day of skiing/boarding, and the first time skiiers/boarders seemed to have enjoyed rolling down the hill every 5 seconds. The coaches that we had were all experienced skiiers/boarders and were very patient with ...
MC
Even though this was my first time skiing, i really enjoyed it. I loved seeing snow again for the second time. I wish we had a longer experience week because i really loved it all. ...
A Drab Affair. It Once Had Better Days
Day Twenty-five - Changing Hotels and inside St Sophia's Chinese cities can be very dull, drab, disappointing affairs, and Harbin's no exception. Let's give an example. Apartment blocks, old, looking like prison blocks with bars up at the ...
Flight delay: Waiting at the Harbin Airport
HI, Our fight CX3604 to Guangzhou is delayed and the boarding time is TBA. We are now all waiting at the airport. Due to the delay, we won't be able to arrive Zhuhai before 12:00 am so we will stay over in Guangzhou tonight. We hope that we can ...
Kalvin Wright
This is my first time after many years to see the snow again since England. I was pretty content about returning to a country with the kind of weather I had missed. This was also my first time ever to snowboard, and although I had fallen down here and ...
Intense China
... has over the people, changing cultural norms in a city of 14 million in just a few years in preparation for the Olympics. Harbin, our last Chinese city, was quieter and easier going. Russia was clearly not far off, an orthodox church graced a main ...
Encased in ice and no evidence
... icy area, marveled at the sculptures entered in the international competition, and took many photos. The second great thing about Harbin was walking across the Songhua River. We reached the edge around three on Tuesday afternoon and decided to cross. ...
Harbin and The Ice Lantern Festival
... . Then you can slide down, just as long as you're watching you don't fall over the side! Only in China!! I got to hug an arctic fox :) Harbin is a fascinating city. It's very Russian, being near the border. Extremely different from other places in ...
A Storm in a Teacup, then Delays and Delays
Day Twenty-five - I needn't have worried however late the landing I was almost led into another song and dance situation at another airport. Thank goodness it didn't happen for very long! As my flight back to Chongqing was scheduled to depart at 2: 40 ...
Camilla :D
This trip is absolutely amazing! I love it :) This is my first time skiing, and it was an AWESOME experience. Hopefully next year we can do this again :) definitely cannot wait! SKIING! ...
This is Lily Ho
hi my name is lily, hahahaha. So far we've been skiing and its been really fun because ive never seen snow in my entire life so it was very exsilerating. The first night at the Milky way hotel was the scariest experience sleeping alone, since i dont have ...
Ice sculpture festival
Harbin is located in the north most province of China, near Mongolia and Siberia, two places that aren't nice to be in during winter. So why put ourselves through temperatures of between -10 and -30 degrees? A snow festival of course. We arrived ...
The Official Word
Helllo faithful readers of the Harbin skiing blog, If success is inversely correlated with the amount of injuries (which it is, as can be inferred from my previous entry), then we've had a very successful trip so far. No major accidents. Just a few ...
Ice Buildings and Park in Ice City
... taking picks. I spent a while milling around getting them warm. The thaw-out was not pleasant. Nevertheless, despite the cold, Harbin's drier, sunnier, has a pleasant climate and is an anti-climax from Shanghai. But a return to quieter, more ...
Mrzli Harbin
... trgovina ponovno ozivela in je znova mogoce videti veliko novih napisov v Ruscini na trgovinah, restavracijah ter podobnih objektih. Harbin je namrec povezan z zeleznico tako z ruskim mestom Cita na severu, kakor tudi z Vladivostokom na jugu. Ruski ...
Human Popsicles!
... , 4 friends and I headed up to icy Harbin for a five day vacation in the cold. And cold it definitely was. Harbin is a city in the Northeast of China, getting pretty close to the border with Russia. So it was about -20 Celcius I would guess most days, and ...
Harbin
I spent the day in Harbin, because I had to switch trains on my way to Russia. The city is much different than what I've seen in Beijing or Shanghai. It's feels much poorer and less kept up. It's also of course less touristy (though there are a few ...
New Year in Harbin (Snow and Ice Festivals)
pics and story coming - internet been too slow to upload any - will upload once we hit ...
Harbin for the CSCO and Tiger Feeding
Lorenzo's meeting in Harbin was just the excuse we needed to join him on a trek to northern China. Harbin is in the north eastern part of the country, not too far from the Russian border. When people talk about going they ...

