Arriving in China

Hi Everyone…

We loove being in China - it feels very surreal after
such a long wait...
We feel very priveleged to be here on such an amazing
journey.  The locals have tried to be so helpful and
friendly...
We caught the train to Guangzhou on Thursday – and
although the boys got very tired of dragging the luggage
on the 5 different subway journeys in Hong Kong before
catching the big train, they were pleased we then had
upstairs first class to spread out a little for the 2
hour journey.  When we arrived though, it was back onto
another subway, and then a 1km walk through teeming
alleyways to arrive at our hotel at 9.30pm.  Smack bang
in the middle of a non-touristy zone - awesome.  We have
spent today shopping, (being hassled), and went to a
local Buddhist temple.  Although we have eaten many
dumplings from local vendors and squid on a stick, I
must admit to giving in to a few Maccas meals for the
boys – and found the McChicken is exactly like the KFC
Zinger!! Hot and Spicy!! 
So far on our journey (mostly Hong Kong – as China do
not seem to have much English) we have seen some funny
names/translations for businesses including “Wrong
Design” (gee I must get something designed there!) and
“Dear Restaurant” (gee I wonder how much it costs?). 
There was a van called “Gastro Food Delivery”, there was
the “Yu Kee Food Company” as well as a new Fast Food
chain coming called “Fatburger” (Mmmmmm…..).  On the
subway in China there were a few laughs from the boys
when reading the rules such as “No Graffiti or
Scratchitti” and “No Hullaballo”.

The air quality is what we expected and climbing 10
flights to the top of the temple today required a few
puffs of my asthma medication.  We bought a couple of
padded outfits for Jade today, and some gloves for the
boys, as well as a webcam for Joshua…  Although the 1
RMB per minute for internet connection at this hotel,
means he will be limited to pre-writing and then just
sending emails for now…  Same as I have for this…

“Emergencies” so far in the boys hotel room have
included a bad blood nose (needing a major cleanup), a
blocked toilet (we gave up flushing), and squishy splat
balls that exploded gunk everywhere.  I wonder what’s
next?
Anyway the plan for tomorrow is to visit the Jade market
 before checking out at 12noon and heading out to the
airport for Nanchang…  Hopefully in time for an early
night to rest up before meeting Jade on Sunday.  I plan
to send another email on Sunday evening to let you know
how our big day went, and send a few photos of our
precious little daughter/baby sister…
Take care everyone,
Cheers,
Cindy…