Winter Travel: Harbin Ice Festival

Looking for a last minute exotic winter getaway? The Harbin Ice Festival in Northern China might be the most colorful snow and ice sculpturing in the world! Lasting through early February, why not spend a few days in Beijing, see the Great Wall of China and other sites, then hop up to Harbin for sights you'll never forget! Flights in late January from SFO as low as $1100! For once, you'll enjoy seeing yellow snow! (Check out the sight below for some gorgeous photos!)

Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival 2012

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The annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival has been held since 1963, interrupted for a number of years during the Cultural Revolution until it was resumed in 1985. Harbin is the capital of Heilongjiang province, in northeastern China. It is nicknamed "Ice City" and aptly so for winter...