As our plane landed in Harerbin, we all are off to a great trip in the cold winter weather. The moment we step out of the airport, we were greeted by tour guides who we have no idea it is plan for. Being a Singaporean and having a cautious mindset, some of us were suspecting that it is a scam or fake. However, I pointed out to my friends that they are officially a tour guide as they are wearing a lanyard with a licence on it. She took the 5 of us to our hotel in a mini-bus which is definitely much cheaper than 2 cabs. During the journey, she gave us a preview of Harerbin and trying to get us sign up for the tour package. What I like is how she break up the cost for us to show us why travelling with their tour package is much cheaper than going ourselves. Therefore we signed up for the tour packages and now our tour in Harerbin is planed for the next 2 days. So today we went out on the streets to look for places to it. The weather is cold and it is not easy to navigate around. Probably because of this cold weather, people will take cab more often, therefore it is hard to get a cab over here. The cabfare here is 8元 starting fare + a 1元 fuel surchage. It is 11元 in Shanghai. After walking a certain distance, we all agreed that the tour package have come in handy. So much of the tour around our hotel, it's time to have a early night and a great day of fun 2mr. I'll put up photos when I get back to Shanghai. See ya.
