Longtan Hotel Xinyang

... but a good 2 hour nap during the day so it's not too bad right now.

Kenzie is trying to talk me into gettnig my hair cut while we're here. For 40 yuans (about $4.5) they will give a great haircut - just not sure I am up for it yet so if you don't recognize me when we get home -that's why!

Well that's about it for today! Tomorrow is a low key- hang aroudn the hotel/swim day! We're getting shopped out = can't fit anymore into our ...

... stop where we could catch a bus to a town where we could pick up a mini bus which would take us to the bottom of a 3k hike to the place we wanted to go. When a taxi driver offered to take us there for about £12 we just said ok and slept in the back of his cab for the 2 and a half hour journey. The only thing I really remember about that journey wasd when the driver didn't fancy paying to use a toll road he bought a packet of fags and gave it to a farmer to let him cut across his ...

... so much so that a decade of my own time flew by without me doing much at all with my own time. I dined on so many peoples dreams that each week it was like feasting on a banquet of 'other peoples' dreams.. So when is 'your' time to stop feasting upon others time? And when is it time to begin living your own dreams and time? Why not simply throw them all into the big wok of life and create your own ...

... Watching it with Luo Wei is so much fun though. She gets so worked up and jumps around like an excited child. Luckily for me she sits and explains it all for me so I know what is going on. Anyhow, I thought Zhuong was heading home but he simply never left. In the end I went to sleep and he was still sitting there watching TV this morning. When I awoke this morning I jumped out of bed and was ready to head ...

... how this country is expanding rapidly when you see the extent of this. We finally arrived at Yichang late on the sunday night, and after a good nights kip we hit the road again for a visit to the three gorges dam. The dam has been quite a controversial project, when finished in 2010 it will generate over 10% of the energy needs for the whole of China, however it also means that the three gorges will be flooded with the water ...

This morning all the paperwork went to the consulate with our guides. There was no problems so we should have Jaymee's entrance visa tomorrow. It has been a good trip. All are tired and a little cranky at this point. Tomorrow while we wait for the visa ...

We are now safely in Guangzhou. This is a big city with many Western influences. Even during the time of Mao when China was closed to all Westerners some were here in Guangzhou. We did her medical check today and LOTS of shopping! Hope you are all doing well! I will write more soon! Amber

We went on a tour of the orphanage today. It was nicer than I was expecting. It was obvious the staff and the Director care for the children very much. They will not allow us to meet the foster family but they have taken good care of her and that is evident. We got to tour a 400 year old Buddist temple, eat some more Chinese food ...

This has been a very emotional 2 days. Jaymee was terrified of us at first and cried some. She did better than we were expecting thanks to lots of prayers from many of you. She is now taking a nap with Grandma after a long day. Today we went back to the Adoption Affairs office and signed all the paperwork. Tomorrow it gets notarized and is offical. She is mostly ours now. We have her dressed up in some cute outfits we ...

We arrived here on Sunday, 1/15 @ near midnight. The flight was delayed for "big fog in Wuhan." Monday Morning we left the hotel (which is very, very nice by the way) and drove across town to the adoption center @ 9:00. We took her back with us to the hotel and she has ...