Going Home

Apologies for minimal posting the past several days. We left Guangzhou on Friday afternoon, June 11 to Hong Kong via train. We stayed the night and then Rebecca, Melody + 4 kids boarded the plane for Chigaco around 1:00pm on June 12. I took a flight to Seoul shortly after. Rebecca et al arrived in Chicago only to face an "epic" immigration line and thankfully a flight delay to Denver. I spoke to them a few hours ago and they are happy to be done with the 14 hour flight. They should be en route to Denver as I write this, expected arrival around 8:30pm. It's Sunday here in Seoul and I will fly to Sakhalin tomorrow morning. I'm planning to join them in the US before July 4.

White Cloud Mountain

We spent the day at White Cloud Mountain just outside the city. We took an electric car to the top and then a cable car back to the bottom. Rebecca sat down with Max and Avery for a brief rest and drew quite a crowd of photographers. I dropped the word "Madonna" on accident....., and then charged the Chinese paparazzi for taking the photos...

A trip to remember

We've been having a great time as a family here in Guangzhou. Anna has thoroughly enjoyed wearing matching outfits with her little sister Avery. Max has decided that Avery is wonderful and gives her kisses throughout the day. Lots of smiles and some great exploring.

To market, to market...

We found this market about a 5 minute walk from our hotel. It's a maze of small streets that has everything from dried snakes, live chickens, not so live chickens, mystery meats, vegetables and everything in between. We felt like we were walking through the pages of a National Geographic. This city of 13 million is a wonderful mix of old and new. We haven't even scratched the surface but are doing our best to get a good look.

Anna

Anna takes a little time out to enjoy some good weather and bubbles. She has taken immediately to Avery and proved a big help keeping the little ones in order.

Max the Diplomat

The parks are getting a lot of attention as part of the infrastructure upgrades to Guangzhou. There are numerous new bronze statues throughout this park. Max took time to make a new friend, much to the delight of local fans.

Police recruits

Guangzhou is preparing to host the 2010 Asian Games. There is a visible investment going on to improve the image of China's 5th largest city (+13 million people). The police are preparing new recruits in a park near our hotel. We've been going there daily to watch the drills.