Tuesday July 18th.

Note from Darlene: Another free day. We started with breakfast and then all of us took an early morning nap. I think everything finally caught up with me today; I’m feeling a little sluggish. The rain has stopped (knock on wood) and there was a wonderful breeze from the Pearl River as we strolled along it this morning. It sure did help with the heat. I would describe the heat as what one might experience in a tropical rain forest or jungle. It doesn’t take very long for your clothes to be soaking wet and clinging to your body…UGH! That’s the worst I can say about Guangzhou…the rest has been a wonderful experience and I find myself feeling sad to have to be leaving in 2 days.

Good thing we have another passenger for the ride home, we have to buy one (probably two) more suitcases to haul all our treasures home in. Keith made sure that we got Kaylee a lot of items from her homeland so that she will hopefully know someday that we treasure her heritage.

We stopped at a park and I got out the bubbles. The local children were shy at first but with the approval of their parents they started having such a good time trying to catch them and it made Kaylee giggle. It’s the little things in life that make it great!!
Tomorrow is our last day in Mainland China and we will travel to the US Consulate for the Visa ceremony and swearing in then we’re heading to Hong Kong

Keith... I added some pictures. A typical market store. The ship that is not quite here yet. A statue of the changing women of china. There are neat statues like this all over.