Day 2-3-4
We made it!!!!
Our flight from Chicago left on time (yeah!). We spent 15 hours in the air. We flew north over the North Pole - very cool to see - and then back down to Hong Kong.
We tried to sleep but it was difficult - I think I got about 2 to 3 hours.
When we arrived in Hong Kong at 4:50 pm on Saturday (or 3:50 am Saturday morning back home), we were met by our guide Matthew. Who took us to the Regal Riverside Hotel. Most of our group was already doing something (or sleeping) as they had arrived a day earlier and taken a tour of the city.
There was another couple from CCAI on our flight - Christina and Cameron Johnson. The four of us decided to venture out into Hong Kong (we were staying outside the city in New Town). We took a cab ride to Kowloon Harbor to watch the laser show at 8pm. It was very cool - basically the buildings in downtown Hong Kong along the harbor have lasers on the outside and they flash differnet colors to music.
After the show we took a ferry across the Harbor into downtown. We wandered around downtown looking for a restaraunt. At first we were in a more business area and it seemed deserted. But the more we wandered we found people and followed them. There was a large street fair for Halloween - we did not explore it much because we were so tired but it seemed like fun. We found a small local restaraunt which had great food for really cheap - can't get much better than that.
After our adventure in Hong Kong we returned to the room and tried to get some sleep but I think I only got about 4 hours. I will try to catch up tonight because after tomorrow who knows how much sleep we'll get.
This morning we met the Johnsons for breakfast - the buffet had fried rice and dim sum as well as hash brown triangles. After breakfast we met up with the rest of our group. Everyone is very nice but right now I don't have all the names straigt so I will tell you more about them later. We then went to the airport for our flight to Nanchang. Its about an hour and 1/2 flight.
We arrived in Nanchang around 1:30 pm today. We were met by one of our guides Evelyn. As we were driving into the hotel, she gave us some history on Nanchang. Aparently it is one of the "smaller cities" in China - there are only 4 million people here. There are people everywhere here - I have never seen some many people in my life. I can't wait to explore more. Nanchang was were the revolution started on August 1st 1927 between the Nationalists and the Communists so there are alot of memorials to that date.
When we pulled up to the hotel, there was another bus behind ours. It was full of CCAI families who had been here almost a week with their babies. It was funny everyone in our group just ran to them and were looking at all of the babies. That will be us tomorrow. CCAI said they would arrange a dinner for the two groups to meet tommorow so that should be fun - all the new babies with all the "old" ones.
This afternoon we have a meeting where we will go over our schedule for the week and have a better idea about what will happen. The most important thing is that at 11 am we will go to the provinical office building and finally be united with Ivie it is so surreal that it is finally happening.
Just wanted to tell you that when we walked into our room, the first thing we saw was a Mickey Mouse stroller and a Pooh crib with Hello Kitty sheets - too cute. There is also a little potty in case she is potty trained (they start very early here).
We made it!!!!
Our flight from Chicago left on time (yeah!). We spent 15 hours in the air. We flew north over the North Pole - very cool to see - and then back down to Hong Kong.
We tried to sleep but it was difficult - I think I got about 2 to 3 hours.
When we arrived in Hong Kong at 4:50 pm on Saturday (or 3:50 am Saturday morning back home), we were met by our guide Matthew. Who took us to the Regal Riverside Hotel. Most of our group was already doing something (or sleeping) as they had arrived a day earlier and taken a tour of the city.
There was another couple from CCAI on our flight - Christina and Cameron Johnson. The four of us decided to venture out into Hong Kong (we were staying outside the city in New Town). We took a cab ride to Kowloon Harbor to watch the laser show at 8pm. It was very cool - basically the buildings in downtown Hong Kong along the harbor have lasers on the outside and they flash differnet colors to music.
After the show we took a ferry across the Harbor into downtown. We wandered around downtown looking for a restaraunt. At first we were in a more business area and it seemed deserted. But the more we wandered we found people and followed them. There was a large street fair for Halloween - we did not explore it much because we were so tired but it seemed like fun. We found a small local restaraunt which had great food for really cheap - can't get much better than that.
After our adventure in Hong Kong we returned to the room and tried to get some sleep but I think I only got about 4 hours. I will try to catch up tonight because after tomorrow who knows how much sleep we'll get.
This morning we met the Johnsons for breakfast - the buffet had fried rice and dim sum as well as hash brown triangles. After breakfast we met up with the rest of our group. Everyone is very nice but right now I don't have all the names straigt so I will tell you more about them later. We then went to the airport for our flight to Nanchang. Its about an hour and 1/2 flight.
We arrived in Nanchang around 1:30 pm today. We were met by one of our guides Evelyn. As we were driving into the hotel, she gave us some history on Nanchang. Aparently it is one of the "smaller cities" in China - there are only 4 million people here. There are people everywhere here - I have never seen some many people in my life. I can't wait to explore more. Nanchang was were the revolution started on August 1st 1927 between the Nationalists and the Communists so there are alot of memorials to that date.
When we pulled up to the hotel, there was another bus behind ours. It was full of CCAI families who had been here almost a week with their babies. It was funny everyone in our group just ran to them and were looking at all of the babies. That will be us tomorrow. CCAI said they would arrange a dinner for the two groups to meet tommorow so that should be fun - all the new babies with all the "old" ones.
This afternoon we have a meeting where we will go over our schedule for the week and have a better idea about what will happen. The most important thing is that at 11 am we will go to the provinical office building and finally be united with Ivie it is so surreal that it is finally happening.
Just wanted to tell you that when we walked into our room, the first thing we saw was a Mickey Mouse stroller and a Pooh crib with Hello Kitty sheets - too cute. There is also a little potty in case she is potty trained (they start very early here).
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