Guiyang

We made it to Guiyang! This morning we had breakfast one last time at our hotel in Beijing before our driver and Candy to us to the airport. We said our goodbyes and then went back to our gate to wait for our flight. It was about a 3 hour flight southwest of Beijing. It is much warmer here than it was in Beijing. There is was in the low 30's and here is in the 60's. Guiyang is a vey beautiful city surrounded by mountains and a river through the city.

We met our new guide Jacky who took us to our hotel which is in downtown. It is a very modem hotel room! We are on the 22nd floor so we have a good view of the city! The room decor is interesting! The shower is all glass with a remote shade and a rainfall shower head! So it should be interesting trying to get Myla clean without a bathtub!!😬

Jacky also gave us some background information about this city. He said that this city has a population of 1 million! After we got situated we walked around a bit. He took us to Starbucks (they just opened the first one in this city last year), a shopping mall with several chinese and American stores, and finally a supermarket. The supermarket was pretty interesting! We saw some similar things like snickers, dove chocolates, and Coke but also saw some VERY interesting things like chicken feet, pig heads, and spikey fruits.

Once we arrived back at the hotel Jacky left us for the evening and we were on our own for dinner! Luckily he gave us some good meal suggestions and there is a KFC, McDonald's, and Pizza Hut close by! So we caved and got some American food at McDonald for dinner:) Tomorrow morning we will probably tour the city a little more before going to pick up Myla!!

Tomorrow is the big day!!! Hopefully we Will be able to sleep tonight!! We are so excited to get to meet her tomorrow!!! Jacky is meeting us around 1:30p to take us to the civil affairs office to pick her up!! Once we get her tomorrow she will be with us for the rest of the trip. Woohoo!!! Our next blog will be to introduce you to our sweet daughter Myla!!!:)

Ps. In China several websites are blocked like Facebook and google, and our blog (so we have to write these by phone) So we cannot access them on our computer. Only by Aaron's phone. So that is why we can't post pictures. We will try to figure out a way to post a picture though!! We may be able to upload one to Facebook from his phone. But the internet here is much better on the connection side.