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We're in Nanning and waiting for Amy. It's 4:00 pm on Sunday
afternoon, so I think that's 3:00 am on Saturday CT. The word
on the street is that the babies will be here at 7 pm tonight.
We're meeting in our coordinator Helen's room at 5 to go over
paperwork and take a quick shopping trip for formula, etc.
We found out on the ride from the airport that Amy has been
in foster care. She doesn't use diapers and she sleeps with
her foster mom. I think tonight is going to be a rocky night...
The trip was OK. All our luggage arrived in every location.
We sat around in LAX for a while and watched planes take off.
We then went to the China Southern gate and queued up with
other CHI people. We chatted until the plane took off (at
3 am - one hour late). Mark and I were both exhausted and
fell asleep before dinner was served. Neither one of us was
very hungry at that point anyway. We spent a lot of time catnapping
and watching "Kate and Leopold". We deplaned on the runway
at Guangzhou and sat around there for a week or so this morning.
 We
finally got to Nanning around 1:30 pm on Sunday, so that was
about 36 hours of travel. On the way to the hotel, Mark saw
a three-wheeled bike with a refrigerator and a TV on the back.
I noticed all of the water buffalo. The first thing both of
us did when we arrived at the hotel room was shower. We have
the hotel room ready for Amy and now just need her.
Neither one of us can believe this is happening!
For future travelers - eat in the International Terminal
(#4) and then go to the China Southern gate. It doesn't open
until 8pm anyway, so if you've got some time to kill, you
can eat and do some duty-free shopping. Also, don't wear any
clothes that you want to see again. I am so sick of my outfit
that I've worn, I'm not sure if I can wear it again.
I need to run and make sure that Mark is still conscious.
We'll talk to you next time with Amy!
Beth & Mark
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