Cousins

Two of my cousins, Tracy and Butch, came to visit me in Harbin. After arriving by plane in Beijing they got on the overnight train and headed to Harbin. They visited here for 3 days and two nights before heading back to Beijing, Shanghai and Xian before they return to Beijing again for the first two days of our Asian Tournament. Quite a whirlwind tour I know, but I am sure they will have a great trip. You can see them below with our friend Pei Ying


While in Harbin, we had a good day of Beef Noodle and the Harbin Buddhist Temple. It was a very active day at the Buddhist Temple as there were many people and lots of burning incense. My cousins, too, were able to take the famous Harbin photo of the Buddha “spinning” the ferris wheel.

On their last day, we found a great all-you-can eat buffet place in town, courtesy of Pei Ying. So, Tim, Pei, Mr. An, Tracy, Butch and I went out for lunch. For a mere 30 yuan ($3.75 US) each, we had all the home brewed beer you can drink and all we could eat at the buffet. An amazing find. On top of the salad bar type food display, the cooks would come into our private room every few minutes with a new version of meat on a spit: Duck, Chicken, Pork, Beef, Chicken wrapped in bacon, chicken hearts, cow tongue, and our favorite “Pork Fire Meat” It was our favorite because it was just a mini hot dog. We think they should change the name from Fenway Frank to Fenway Pork Fire Meat or (Fenway PFM). At any rate, Tim and Pei were in rare form trading stories back and forth and keeping us laughing all afternoon. You can see Mr An with Tim and Pei Ying below:


You can see some more pictures from the Buddhist Temple on .mac webpage Scenes from Harbin II.