One off our bucket list Harbin was an item on our bucket list, well not exactly our but at least mine. Yat Thong and I disliked cold places and in all our travelling we avoided visiting places that went into…
Day 9-12: Harbin on our own
Taxis to Zhong Yang Street Our tour bus let us down along a convenient spot to hail a taxis to Zhong Yang street. We had been advised to check if the taxis accepted cash payment before boarding as some would…
Day 9: Harbin
Day 9 was the last day of the guided tour, in the evening the other nine members of the tour-group and Dynasty Travel guide would be leaving Harbin for Singapore. As for Yat Thong and I we would be staying…
Day 8: Harbin – Snow Festival
Viewing the sunrise from our room Yat Thong woke up early to photographed sunrise from the window of our room at Harbin SongBei Shangrila. The sunrise was magnificent and could be seen from the comfort of our room. It was…
Day 7: Harbin
Breakfast at SongBei Shangrila International Hotel We were at the breakfast dining room at about 8am and there were already many people having their meal. We met the other members of our tour group, they had came down for breakfast…
Day 6: Jing Po Lake & Diao Shui Lou Ice Waterfall
What we would be seeing for the day Today we had two sights to visit, they both were located near to MuDanJiang. The first was winter fishing (冬捕) at JingPo Lake (镜泊湖) and the second was a frozen waterfall, DiaoShuiLou…
Day 5: Sunrise at YangCaoShan 羊草山
Breakfast at Snow Town Breakfast was truly as pathetic as our guides warned us. Our breakfast coupon which allowed us entry into the eating hall was also used to exchange for ONE small egg. We were not particularly worried when…
Day 4: China Snow Town
We left Yabuli without going up a single ski slope. We felt so sad and short-changed. We should have verified what were the sights we had to forgo when we opted for the two optional tours the day before. I…
Day 3: Yabuli
Today we were supposed to visit the famous Yabuli a ski resort which was China largest ski resort. Though we did not intend to ski, we thought we would be going up by chairlift to the top of some ski…
Day 2 & 3: Volga Manor
Meeting the rest of the tour group At about noon we were back at Harbin Taiping Airport to meet up with the rest of the tour group. The flight was late by an hour so by the time the entire…
Day 1: Flying into Harbin
Plan for the day We would fly into Harbin via Beijing on Air China. The first leg of the flight would began at 0015 hr in the early morning and we would reach Beijing some five hours later. At Beijing…