Monday, January 19, 2009

Harbin - Winter sports

In winter, the river is completely frozen giving people the opportunity to enjoy many winter sports. It was the 1st time for me that I was walking on a frozen river and let's face it every now en then it feels weird to think that under your feet there is water. You can:
- ice skate
- slide down on icy slopes (extremely funny!)
- ride horses
- enjoy a sleigh ride
Less usual were 2 activities:
- the "skating chairs", some hybrid between a chair and ice skating, very popular with kids and parents as you can ride it together
- some kind of spinning cone; the purpose being to keep it spinning as long as possible.
You can check this out in the video.

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