Harbin – Ice Festival Video

Here is a video of some of the action from Harbin Ice and Snow World at the 2011 Harbin Ice Festival! This is footage of the fireworks shot from the main entrance of the Ice World. This is the first video I’ve posted, so if you have trouble playing this embedded video, *please* send me […]

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Xi’an – Day Trip (continued)

Continued from Xi’an – Day Trip When we left off, we’d just visited the Huaqing Hot Springs not far from the Terracotta Warrior and Horse Museum.  We explored the rest of the hot springs resort, but we felt we didn’t have enough time to use the chairlift to climb to the top of the mountain.  […]

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In Transit – Beijing to Xi’an

We’re currently sitting in Beijing’s second airport, Nanyuan, which is located in the south of Beijing proper.  Unlike the premiere airport, this second class citizen – a former air force base – has all the charm of a brick to the head, with a brusque and even unapologetic attitude from staff and generally a grim […]

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