🙆🏻♀️ I just had a 30-day self-guided trip across China, so I want to share some experience preparing items for Harbin with -25 degree weather. Hope this post is helpful for everyone ❄️❄️☃️☃️
✅Book flights and hotels on Trip, Agoda, (read each previous guest's review carefully, check if near the center or not, proximity to the train station is very important, distance from hotel to train station should be 200m-1km, room should have a washing machine, e-sim for internet connection
✅Thermal clothing should be bought at Uniqlo, coat should buy one thick one in advance then buy here. Shoes also buy one pair of non-slip sports shoes in advance then buy here (not mandatory), wool socks gloves and fur hat are very important (should be waterproof, windproof)
✅Thermal insulated water bottle
✅Nivea moisturizing cream, moisturizing lip balm
Painkillers, cold medicine, stomach pain medicine, Salonpas wind oil, especially body heat patches, for phone, for camera
3C plug adapter (flying from Vietnam entry no one asked, but domestic flights check very strictly)
✅Portable foldable clothes hook,
1 small backpack or handbag for street strolling to hold small items.
Large suitcase should leave some empty space because buy a lot of stuff here.
✅Install apps in advance like Alipay, WeChat, Amap, Dianping..
✅Can buy instant noodles, noodle porridge, vermicelli, coffee (but not necessary because very cheap here)
✅Should learn Duolingo Chinese a bit basic things like hot or cold, sweet or not sweet, numbers, hello thank you
This trip of mine is not a KPI-achieving trip so I traveled leisurely, relaxed, eating drinking and learning culture mainly, and also to ensure health for the journey across China 🙆🏻♀️
Cre: Nguyễn Ngọc Quỳnh Hương
