Skiing in Nanshan

Weather: mild mid-winters day
Temp: -4 - 4
Exchange rate: RMB1 = R1,47
Hey ma, look at me: We didn't fall, all that often.

We finally hit this slopes for the first time yesterday. We headed out to Nanshan with the Local Noodle Snow Team. We stayed all day and really had some fun.

Nanshan is just outside of Beijing, so the snow isn't real, but since we're rank amateurs it didn't matter too much. It was the first weekend the resort opened for the season so everything was clean and well organised, sort of. We started out on the baby slope for beginners. An instructor took pity on me, showed me the basics and then showed Frikkie how to turn and off we went. Frikkie is a natural. I'm a little more cautious, but in the end I got it. I fell off the ski lift more than I did skiing. But in the end I could stay on the ski lift and go down the slope without falling.

I hope we're ready for the sloped in Harbin, where apparently the slopes are steep and the snow powdery. Can't wait.