NOW ean be just as scary as it 15 lovely to look at.That was，at least，my imPression uPon arriving in Harbin for a two一day triP to Erlongshan ski resort，as Part of a grouP ofjournal- ists from ChinaTo‘lay.For the Chi- nese contingent，the triP to the freezing northern city was a short and easy stroll. But it was another story altogether for me，a native of troPical Cuba，and my EgyPtian colleage Hussein.Used to warmer elimes，we felt we were about to embark on a tremendous adventure;a “unique exPerienee，”as Hussein Put it， by virtue ofwintrywondersandthefear of the unknown. First，we had to eome round to the idea that we were walking on a surfaee that would tum into water as soon as the sPringtime arrived.But the Erlongshan Lake forms an extensive，stony traek in winter.w七drove our motorized sleighs over what would beco们。e the realm of boats and yaehts in the summer. And，as if to remind us how far we we化from solid land，some villagers drilled holes in the iee and began yanking carp out of the freshwater beneath.This they did in temParatures of 22 degrees Cel- sius below zero!Then the eontestants for the Chinese一Russian Rallya仃ived. There were twenty vehieles in all，each one weighing several tons，whose driv- ers were eomPeting for the annual rally ehamPionshiP…on iee! The beauty of the infinite sea of white- ness that opened uP before us Put Paidto any initialfe跳一at least until the moment we Put the skis on.OurChineseeolleagues found it relatively easy to slide down the snowy slopes that ended just at the lake- shore.Hussein even managed to acqui化 a eertain agility in just a short田的ount of time，though head而ts that wasl田名ely thanks to his trainer，5effbI’tS.They say at the resort that noe!ient ever falls in the snow一one of the numerous and diligent attendents will eome to山e rescL一e witlli一1 seconds of the slightest stumble. But my own story was not 50 haPPy· Feeling like a fish out of water， 1 started off down the slopes unaceomPanied.At least 1 leamed my lesson though.To say it in the mostlx芜tie way possible，1 eonfess that to kiss the snow with one，s韶5 15 the most effective way of losing any fear..The Disquieting Enchantment of Snow-a Short Tale of a Weekend on a Ski Resort<正>SNOW can be just as scary as it is lovely to look at. That was, at least, my impression upon arriving in Harbin for a two-day trip to Erlongshan ski resort, as part of a group of journalists from China Today. For the Chi-
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