Spent two fantastic days in Harbin, China. Far North Eastern China close to Mongolia and Russia. Very cold but we over dressed and we were too hot most of the time. Only our faces got cold. Bright sunshine first day then snow the second day.

We started off at the Tiger park. 600 Siberian tigers. Open areas where they are free to run and play sectioned off by fences into blocks. Plus many cages, that is a bit sad but with this many tigers I guess there is no other way. They alternate the time all the tigers have in the open areas. You drive through in a bus with heavy bars on the windows. Afterwards you can stroll the walkways over the tigers roaming areas. They are so big and all look very healthy.

They are certainly ensuring the survival of the species. We saw a tiger from the back of an elephant in India but these Siberian tigers are so much larger and really a beautiful animal. Hard to get good pictures but we were amazed at how many were in the open areas. Driving through in a bus pictures were hard to get.

They also had a liger, a cross between a lion and a tiger. He was HUGE, but obviously getting old he was well past his prime. He was in a cage and the guide said he stays inside most of the time. We were lucky he came out.