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Part 5 Guangzhou
October 29
We took a “2 minute” walk that actually was about 20 minutes, to the West Lake that we can see from the
hotel. We got on a boat and went to the small island for a quick 10 min look and then onto the large island for about an hour. This was another beautiful place and peaceful area. There was a stone structure that looked like a dragon coming out of the water.
We checked out of the hotel at 1pm and left for the airport shortly after. Once we got there, we found out that the flight was delayed for 1 hour. We
finally left at 4:15pm and arrived in Guangzhou at 5:40pm. We stayed at the White Swan Hotel for 4 nights. This is just as beautiful as everyone has said. That night Mary started to blow raspberries to Bob across the room.
October 30
That morning we went just down the street to Kinko's for the passport photo. They had a small collection of baby food, toys, shoes, and clothing for sale.
We then went around the corner and down the street to the Medical Building that just looked like a store front, for the physical. They weighed Mary with all her clothing on and she was 21 1/2 lbs. The nurse looked in her ears, took a rattle to one side to see if she will turn her head to the noise, and tried to check her tonsils. I then put her on the floor for them to see that she can walk with help. We went across the hall to the doctor that basically squeezed her stomach and listened to her heart. I took the diaper off long enough for him to say she was a girl. He measured her height of 29 inches and finally he signed a paper and handed it to me. That was it plus the 250 Yuan for their services.
We had the rest of the day off after Shirley came to our room to get the packet that we had completed at the last hotel. Sherry's and Jennifer's stores are right across the street and down a short ally from the White Swan. I purchased the 20 meters of fine white silk from Sherry that I had ordered from her over the Internet. This fabric will be for Mary when she gets married so she can have something from her birth country, this will be her “something old”.
October 31
We had the morning off so I stayed in the hotel with Mary while Bob ventured out and did some shopping. When I went out for a little walk with Mary, the staff of the hotel was lining up in the front lobby to greet the President of the Philippines. I waited around until she came by and I got a few pictures of the group. I am use to the security that is around our President that I was surprised that I could stand only 10 feet away and no one asked who I was or even checked me for any kind of weapons. Then again, I did have a baby in my arms!
That afternoon we walked about a block to the US Consulate. We waited in a room with a lot of other parents and their children for about 20 minutes then they called us up by groups then by family to receive the pages with a copy of mine and Mary's passport copied on it. Then as the whole room, we all swore that we would take care of our children. I could hardly hear what she was saying but I did get the highlights and at the end I said, "I will".
That evening, I dressed Mary up in her Dragon Halloween suit and went down to the bar with a few other families for the free drink the hotel was offering during our stay. David and Shirley joined us for a drink. We stayed and talked for about 2 hours until our daughters were getting tired and hungry. We then went back to the room to do the finally packing for our trip back to the US. I had to buy a gym bag to hold all of our purchases. Somehow, we were able to stuff everything in our luggage with only 2 pockets left in Bob's carry-on for a few things that we will pick up on the way home!
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