So day two began, much like day one ended - COLD! Thankfully we were staying in a nice hotel in Harbin with one of the best features is the hot water didn't take long to heat up. It was hot right away and much needed after even an hour outside!
On day two we ventured to the snow sculpture portion of the trip, which was amazingly even more stunning than the ice sculptures. It didn't hurt that we had clear skies making the sculptures just pop! Then again the clear skies made it darn cold. But before that we head to see some fun...
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| This old man is cleaning the pool the old fashioned way, with a small tool. But he isn't cleaning leaves and other debris, rather he is cleaning it of the rapidly forming ice... |
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| Up for a swim anyone? |
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| About 30 people took part in the event with hundreds more watching on with camera's to see these crazy folks go for a quick dip in the pool made in the middle of the river. |
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| The first snow sculpture we saw give you a bit of an idea of the size. |
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| Complete with a dance/show for a little bit. |
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| This young Chinese kid was my favorite! It took him maybe 3 minutes to take this photo. Why? Because he had to get everyone lined up perfectly. He kept giving directions, checking the sun, moving people this way and that. |
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| More frozen fruit on a stick anyone? |
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| Our customer who was riding the tractor. |
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| One of my local colleagues taking it all in. |
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| If you can figure out how this was built please let me know. I doubt it was done with a full ball of snow and then the insides were removed...but if not, then how? |
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| Enormous! |
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| Someone is always watching you! |
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| And someone is probably laughing at you too! |
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| Cinderella... |
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| A view of a few adventuresome folks on the river, ends our time at the snow sculpture park. Now on to a different sort of park. |
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| The aptly named Tiger park, home to about 1,000 tigers. |
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| A little play time for two of them and a little business being done by the one in the back! |
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| Lunch time! |
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| You were able to buy live chickens, goats and even cows to feed the tigers. Unfortunately thanks to a communication error, our van didn't get this opportunity. |
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| I guess this is where they sell the tourist crap but I just enjoyed the sign... |
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| And this one. Two spelling mistakes in one sentence. Gotta love the "Chinglish". |
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| The end of the day brings some rest and cocktail hour. At the ice bar no less! |
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| More from the ice bar |
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| This sums it up well...ice, ice bar, great hat on myself and the tiger! |
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| The temperature INSIDE the ice bar!!!!!! |
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