Lotte World is a major recreation complex in Seoul, labelled as the Disneyland of South Korea. It consists of the world’s largest indoor theme park (a Guinness World Record), an outdoor amusement park called “Magic Island”, an artificial island inside […]
Bye Bye Harbin
After 3 days & 2 nights in Harbin, it was time to bid farewell to this ice & snow city of the north. I still think that I had not have enough snow for the 3 days trip, perhaps I […]
Harbin Restaurant Hong Da [宏达老菜馆(尚志胡同店)]
This is a new outlet for an old-time favourite of local Harbin restaurant, which is much more sophisticated & nicely decorated. Although the dishes were nice presented, still some of the local favourite like Guo Bao Rou (锅包肉) is missing […]
Harbin Market (哈尔滨菜市场)
We went to a typical Harbin Market along the Guo Ge Li Street (果戈里大街) to check out what the average Harbin people would buy from the market. Well to our surprise they practically sell everything at a quite a clean […]
Restaurant Da Feng Shou (大丰收)
Restaurant Da Feng Shou a.k.a. Good Harvest Restaurant (大丰收) is a famous Harbin Dong Bei Restaurant (东北菜馆) in town where the locals would recommend. We went there at about 9pm and the place was packed. There were some show going […]
Harbin Dragon TV Tower (哈尔滨龙塔)
Dragon TV Tower (龙塔) is the tallest steel structure in northeastern Asia. There is a revolving restaurant on top and views of the city, just as many other towers in China. I was informed that one can walk outside at […]
Harbin St. Sophia Cathedral (哈尔滨圣索非亚教堂)
Harbin St. Sophia Cathedral (哈尔滨圣索非亚教堂) is one of the few still standing Orthodox churches in the city. Currently it had been converted into a Harbin Museum of Architecture. There are some exhibitions of many photographs from the old days of […]
Yabuli Ski Resort (亚布力滑雪旅游度假区)
Yabuli Ski Resort is a town with 3-hour drive from Harbin city. It is known to be the best ski trails in China, with a lot of international tournaments hold there before. We first took the cable car up the […]