Suddenly 20 degrees seems really warm!

After a 12 hour train ride back from Harbin, I am here to say that I am safe and sound, frostbite and tiger scratch free! It was an amazing experience and I am really considering going next year. Geoff took over a thousand pictures as usual and so I have sorted through them and uploaded about a hundred for your enjoyment. They are divided up into the two big things we did while we were up there, Winter Ice Festival and the Tiger Park. Remember that everything you see in the Ice Festival album is made of solid ice!

Click here to see the pictures from the Tiger Park.

Click here to see the pictures from the Ice Festival.

Also for your viewing pleasure, I have a very short video of myself feeding a chicken to a tiger. It is well worth watching to get a sense of the power and majesty of the tiger. There is no blood or gore or anything like that. Just a hungry tiger and a chicken who never had a chance.

Chickens: They're GRRRREAT!