Saturdays Post...

We are now in Guangzhou. Hurray... This morning we got up, went down for breakfast at the hotel. None of us ate very much. I think we were getting tired of the same choices. Most Chinese people do not eat "breakfast food". They eat just like any other meal. The buffet does accommodate western style breakfast but the choices are limited. I think we were all anxious to get out of town. After breakfast we went back to our room and packed. We were done by 10am and we were not suppose to leave for the airport till noon so we went out for a walk to kill some time.

We got to the airport about 2 hours early. The Guiyang airport is pretty small so we whized through securety and had a bunch of time to kill. The flight was uneventful and it was good to get into Guangzhou. This is a much more developed town and much more western. It was good to get to the White Swan Hotel. This is the same hotel we stayed in when we got Mina. The room is cool and dry and the hotel is very nice. We met our guide who works for our agency as appose to the one in Guiyang who is just a local guide for Guiyang. Elsie is very nice. We got to meet the other 4 families and headed out to a Thai restaurant for dinner. I was surprised to find that Rissa doesn't like Thai food. I will have to try to take her to Thai Kitchen back home. This is the first food she said she didn't like. After dinner we took the girls for a quick swim. It was a little cool but not too bad. The temp here is in the 90's during the day with high humidity. I don't think Rissa had ever been in a pool before. She seemed to like it but doesn't like to get her head under the water. I will have to teach her. She is brave and I figure by the end of summer I will have her swimming like Mina. One funny thing. She is a spitter. People in China spit. Both the men and women. We say it all over in Guiyang. I'm sure in the richer area's people are more refined. This will be a hard habit for her to break. I know, I am a spitter too, but what can I say, I learned from the best (the right people will get this joke...).

We have seen a lot of Americans with babies here. It is kind of nice not to be stared at all the time. Most of the hotel employees and shop owners know English so its easy to get around. The Shaman Island is also a very well kept part of town. Its very nice here...

That's all for today. I will post more tomorrow...

Michael

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