U. S. Consulate Appointment

We went to the U. S. Consulate today to apply for Naomi's passport to come with home with us.  There were hundreds of Chinese people queued up outside and inside to apply for US VISAs.  Now I know why you can't get them to answer the phone on Monday mornings. 

Tomorrow, we will get Naomi's passport and start our journey home!!!

Guangzhou at Night

We walked over to the White Swan hotel to view the city at night. 

They also have some very large pieces of Jade!

Pool Time!!!

We got a chance to use the swimming pool.  We had to time it between the periods of rain.  Naomi got to swim for the first time!!!  She was surprised when she put her head under the water and couldn't breath.  She swallowed some water.  Daddy was there to help her but she is relunctant to go swimming again.  This is something we work on when we get home.

TB test is Negative

We got the results of the TB test today.  It was negative!!!  Praise the Lord.

We went for dinner tonight.  Karen, John, Joseph and Ruth all had Chinese dishes, but Naomi had pasta.  She ate a 9 inch cheese pizza last night all by herself.  Maybe she is part Italian - or is it environmental?

First plane ride and medical exam

Naomi was looking foward to her first plane ride.  Hopefully, things will be better with her next flight.  We left at 3:20 for what was suppose to be a 2 hour flight.  We left the gate on time. Were stuck on tarmac for 2 hours, deverted to Nanchang for 2 hour layover. We all had to get off the plane and then sit and wait in the airport in Nanchang.  Everytime the annoucements were made in Chinese everyone would let out yells so we could never hear the muffled and not very clear english part.  Finally we were able to get back on the plane but they lost three of the passengers, luckily not us!. Arrived  at out destination Guangzhou after 10:30 pm - over 5 hours late!!!

Finding things to do in the hotel room. Monsoon outside. Ruth is very resourceful. The sisters are having fun together!

The medical exam went smoothly until Naomi had to get 3 shots and a TB test.  We will get the results on the TB test Friday.

Side trip to Shanghai

While waiting for Naomi's passport, we took a day trip to Shanghai.  We took a bullet train from Hangzhou to Shanghai in 45 - 60 minutes.  This was Naiomi's first train ride! We met our friend Sunny (Haixiao Chen).  He showed us around Shanghai.

Silk Museum and Baochu Pagoda

We visited the Silk Museum

Then walked back past the West Lake and up the hill to Baochu Pagoda