In Search of the Harbin Ice Sculptures
We haven’t, frankly, had the best start to 2013. Or Harbin, for that matter. Among other observations on life in minus 30, I can confirm...
Category: Travel Lifestyle
10 Random Observations on Life in -30
1: Your Body Acclimatises When we first arrived in Harbin, the cold seemed so biting that I couldn’t believe locals would go out without gloves...
Finding Home in Harbin?
It’s all too predictable that, after a 5000k trip that’s taken us south from Beijing, around -10°C (14°F), to Hong Kong and Shenzhen, in the...
Flat-Hunting in -30, in Chinese
And here we are, in Harbin, which is, if everything goes to plan, our home base for at least three months. We push through the...
Our China Odyssey Part 2: Shenzhen to Harbin
Our unplanned day in Shenzhen passes in what I guess you could call serendipity. We weren’t hugely whelmed by 798 Art District in Beijing, so...
And to Hong Kong We Go
By now, we should be in a flat in northern China, with Zac in a Chinese school, plotting a sneaky bit of skiing over the...
Welcome to China
Despite the wonderful view of the Himalayas unfurling below us, I am not particularly optimistic about the next stages of our journey. I hate flying...
A Very Merry Christmas at the Chinese Embassy
If there’s ever a way to get your Christmas off to more of a flying start than a trip to the visa section of the...
Merry Christmas!
As those of you who keep up with us on Facebook know, I’m really rather behind on my blogging. So I thought I’d interrupt our...
Watching Skyfall in KL
There are many good things about urban Malaysia. Most notably, the museums, the malls, the cinemas and the food. And, as I pick up the...