Nanchang Day 5

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Gilbert Family at Buddha Temple























Jenna feeding Mommy!


















Boys with new toys!
















Mommy & Sweet Daughter, Jenna!


















Daddy & Jenna
























Madison & Mei Mei (Little Sister)























Hello Again,

Today went very well - we picked up Jenna's passport at about noon today so she can travel to Guongzho on Sunday.

Today was pretty adventurous. At breakfast we found out Rick's parent's room had a leak starting at 3:00 from the ceiling. They found something to put on the floor to collect the water but had to listen to the dripping all night. Every day it seems something goes a rye here in this hotel.

I called Lilly (our guide who is wonderful, by the way) at 7:30 a.m. and she spoke to the manager of the hotel - within an hour the hotel had another room ready for them to move to on the same floor. Unfortunately, that room was very musty and with Gil's asthma, that was unacceptable - so, the hotel moved them to yet another room on the same floor.

Also, had to take Jenna to see the hotel doctor who did not come in until 9:00 - she took care of the constipation problem Jenna is having - I will spare you the details but it was not fun for poor Jenna.

By 10:00 we were off to pay for the notary and then to pick up Jenna's passport. We did do some shopping on Porcelain Lane between the two and learned how to spot quality Porcelain. Picked up some nice gifts and porcelain for the girls.

Lilly's (our guide) agency provided some pool time at another hotel for us this afternoon. That made Madison's day. After lunch at McDonald's, we went to a very fancy hotel with a nice pool for two hours. When Lilly arrived to pick us up, she advised us that our bus driver got stuck in traffic and she had to take a taxi to get to the hotel in time - but, we were to wait for the bus driver to get out of traffic. About 45 minutes later, she decided to get two taxis to take us back to our hotel because our driver was still stuck in traffic. Lilly, Rick and Gil took one taxi because they wanted to go to the Market to pick up more boy toys and Madison, Jane, Jenna and I took a separate taxi back to the hotel. Let me just say, that taxi ride was even more scary than the bus rides. Poor Jane said "that took 50 years off of my life". I just had to laugh the whole time to avoid crying. The traffic patterns are so unbelievable - you have to see it to beleive it. I am truly amazed that we haven't seen anyone get run over, yet.

We have taken video of the streets but you really do have to experience it to beleive it - it is almost like organized caos but it is truly scarey.

Tomorrow, we are here without a guide. For some reason, a guide is not provided to us on Saturday so we have no way to communicate to anyone to order our food, take us places, negotiate prices for us should we decide to go shopping or take us to the park. We have decided to try to take a bus to the park, but I am not sure we will do this after the adventurous taxi ride we took today. We may just stay in and play it safe.

Check out the photobucket - we posted lots more photos today. I will post again tomorrow but their may not be anything exciting to tell if we decide to stay in.

Our plane is scheduled to fly out to Guongzho on Sunday at 10:00 a.m. - can't be soon enough! Please pray for safe travel and that Jenna will do okay on the plane.

Take care,
Teresa