Doing Things in Dongbei: Harbin (哈尔滨)

We stepped off the train in the fabulous neo modern inspired station, and took a deep breath of the cool night air. In the pickup area was a group of Harbin’s most beautiful women, bikini clad and ready to lead us into the Rolls-Royce Phantom that the seven star hotel had sent for us. And [...]

Doing Things in Dongbei: Yabuli Sun Mountain (亚布力阳光度假村)

The ride from Yabuli Station to Sun Mountain Resort was half an hour, which was half an hour longer than I was willing to wait to hit the slopes. Once we got there, the touts started trying to convince us they could get a better deal on the ticket price than what if we went [...]