Tuesday, January 27, 2009

哈尔滨

Sun Island (太阳岛)
For the sake of convenience, many people advised us to catch a cab to the Island! Being the leader of the Ella Cheapo Club, I decided that we should catch the Bus! *the only drawback is that loose change is needed!


Bus - damage to wallet (approx 10rmb)
Taxi - damage to wallet (>10rmb)

A price which we had to pay for taking the bus was that we had to walk 1.5km in to get to the site of the snow carving exhibition! The reward - erm... slimmer thighs???






When there is Demand, there will always be Supply! Consumers desire New Nightlife Venues! Satisfy your customers and the cash registers will be ringing non stop, if not your business will flop! ! Ice Bars have been popping up around Asia, to add a cool relief to the swealting tropical heat! I rekon unless I hold my wedding ceremony in an Ice Bar back home, I can't imagine my Rents stepping into one! Till I have saved up enough dough to bring my parents to the Ice Hotel in Hokkaido. Here is a snapshot of Mum experiencing a preview of what our future trip to the ice hotel might be!

I love the Beautiful Montif design on the wall


A 3D Life size village carved out of snow!









We visited the Ice Park on Sun Island. Replicas of well known landmark buildings could be found in it. For 1 1/2 hours, I found myself trotting around the globe and visiting famous spots around Asia, The pacific and Europe at a cost of JUST 75rmb! If only they were the real thing!