White Swan Guangzhou

... ride when we flew out of Nanchang and went further south right to the China Sea. We're staying at the infamous White Swan Hotel a five star that is known for housing adoptive parents and their girls while they wait for their appointment with the ...

... nbsp; After we were all stifling hot, hungry and tired we finally made it here 6 1/2 hours later!    The White Swan Hotel is absolutely picturesque with 3 foot waterfall in the atrium area, 2 swimming pools and all the inemnities you could ...

... couples and their adopted babies that are working through our agency - there was a shuttle bus waiting to take us to the White Swan Hotel - very nice.  For the next week in Guangzhou we are part of a group of 9 families. Until Tomorrow,Kris & ...

... to fill in time is to take the Metro to Huangsha for Shamian Island and wander around the colonial-style buildings. We visited the White Swan Hotel but we were a bit late for the lunch buffet, and still had clear memories of our last pleasant meal there, ...

... leaving till 1:30. None of it was his fault, of course and he made poor Becky our guide cry.  Got to Guangzhou and arrived at White Swan, like I was here yesterday. No free internet in rooms and I’m not paying can only use free wifi in lobby ...

... a tour of the Guangzhou Sports Training and Technical College.  This is the training school for future Olympic competitors from the Guangzhou Province.  Students train up to 12 hours a day.  We watched very young students (as young as 7 ...

It's hard to believe today was our last day in Guangzhou and while we are excited to complete the last leg in our journey of bringing Emma home it is sad to have to say goodbye to some of the families we have gotten to know so well over these past 14 ...

... I thought was a reasonable price until we found out the price was per gram - not for the total necklace.  Needless to say Guangzhou needed to keep the necklace more than I needed to buy it!   The afternoon was filled with fun as it was ...

Today we visited Guangzhou No. 2 Kindergarten.  This school is a boarding school, Monday through Friday, for 3, 4, 5 & 6 year-olds.  Parents drop them off on Monday morning and pick them up on Friday afternoon.  The children were ...

... students as our personal guides as we visited the Statue of the Five Rams, Guangxiao Temple which is a budhist temple, the Guangzhou Museum and then shopped on the Nine Pedestrian Street mall. Our day included lunch at McDonald's and dinner at the ...

Stayed on Shamian Island (Wonderful), shopping, great food, traveled to Guangzhou Zoo (beautiful), and went to US Consulate to finalize adoption with US ...

... late at the factory. So Jacqui and I took the opportunity to explore the hotel, which is really nice. Much more modern than the White Swan. We might think about staying there if I need to come back and visit this shop again. So after walking around and ...