Jewish Synagogue

Russian built bridge

There were ice sculptures everywhere on the street in Harbin

Lunch at a food court (8 Yuan~USD$1.2)

Memorial of Russian troops helping the Chinese communist party defeating Kuomintang.

HeiLongJiang Provincial Museum. The museum here is so so, not that great compared to the other provincial museums I visited so far.

Dinosaur exhibits

Took bus 14 to DaQiaoGuangChang and then switched to bus 88 to get to BinXueShiJie to see the world famous Ice Festival.

Main entrance. The ticket to the Ice Festival cost 200 Yuan and 90 Yuan for those with student cards. I got a student card in Beijing so was managed to get the student discount. (90 Yuan~USD$12).

Ice Sculptures…

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Sculpture of ruins of ancient Greece

Roman’s Colosseum

Chess Set

Harbin Beer

Snow Sculpture

Stage

The entrance ticket included an hour of skiing

Got back to the city by bus 88. China has a growing automotive industry and just surpassed US this year as the biggest producer of vehicles. Story.
A Chinese made car

Went back to the Youth Hostel to see if I can get a spot tonight but it’s still full. Met XiaoCao at the hostel, she has a local friend and he brought us all for dinner and drove us around the city at night.