Skiing in Lake Songhua and New Years in Phuket
I went straight to Shenzhen Bao An airport afterwork on December 19th and caught a flight to Changchun. I stayed a night there at the ATour Hotel next to the train station. While there I enjoyed some local food and nightlife. The weather was frigid and dry. I took the metro to Haley's Club for some drinks. I was not able to really spend much time there before my presence as a foreigner drew some unwanted attention. By no means was it confrontational but I just wanted to be left alone. I had two drinks and then walked back to my hotel. The next morning I caught a high speed train to Jilin where my hotel had arranged a ride for me to Lake Songhua Ski Resort. I arrived at my hotel, dropped off my luggage, and joined my hotel host to pick up ski-rentals. Later that day I did some night skiing. On the 21st I hit the slopes for most of the day. Pausing only for coffee, drinks, and snacks. That was pretty much my routine f...