Hebin Park (He2bin1 gong1yuan2)

Hebin Park (He2bin1 gong1yuan2)- This is Tanggu's other big park, and is actually located fairly close to the boardwalk. The best way to get there from Tianjin is to go to the light rail station closest to you (Qing1gui2 zhan4), and take that to yanghuoshichang station, (or, if you aren't close enough to the light rail line, there are also always buses at the Train station willing to take you, and I think there are regular trains that go there, as well). From there you can catch a taxi to the park. There's an old Chinese temple here, a lake, some carnival games, and a zoo, (and maybe a small water park with some waterslides, although I didn't investigate too closely). Most of the carnival rides were closed down when I was there. They're probably waiting for it to get closer to summer. On part of the lake there appeared to be a swimming beach, although again I didn't investigate it too closely because it's was too cold for swimming. The zoo only costs 5 RMB to enter, and if you look around it you can see why. It's in a pretty sorry state of neglect right now, and it made me kind of sad to see it. They do have some decent sized animals, including a double-humped camel, ostriches, and a tiger.