Concrete jungle

8:30AM in China - Having slept five hours, I can now write more than
one or two sentences. We landed in Guangzhou (GZ) and were ready to
leave the airport before midnight. Little did we know we had to wait
another hour or so for another family in our group. Eight people - a
woman and her husband from LA and their two Chinese daughters, her
sister and niece and her parents. They are not part of our original
group, but they are travelling with us to adopt a special needs child.

Got to our hotel room at 2-something. It's an apartment really. Very
well-appointed and comfortable. And, like everywhere in China, plenty
of cranes and construction noise. Will try to attach a picture of our
abode soon. Meantime, here is our view of the neighboring apartment
complex. We are here til tomorrow, but we return a week later for
about 12 days.

Today we fork over a bunch of cash and then get our marching orders
for the rest of the trip.

I cannot read the site from China (blogger is blocker here) but my
back-up blogger is checking in for me.

P