Today we met up with the Gladney group and headed to the Guangzhou Zoo. We saw a great variety of animals including monkeys, lions, tigers, camels, hippos, and elephants. One of the highlights of the day was seeing the Zoo's two pandas; the second highlight was feeding four or five giraffes by hand! Blythe fell asleep and missed her Mom playing with the giraffes but we can always relive the moment on video. After the Zoo we came back to the hotel to start packing up. We check out on Thursday morning around 6:00 a.m. and take a car to Hong Kong (2 hours). Blythe is usually pretty upset while in transit. The train was a nightmare and most car rides are the same. We are a little nervous for the 2 hour ride, 2 hours in the airport, 15 plus hours in the sky and the 2 hour ride back to PA! But it is the only way home so what can you do??? In the afternoon we headed to another mega mall to look around. This mall had an ice-skating rink and basically a strange indoor version of the Point Pleasant boardwalk. We have been searching everywhere for little t-shirts with Chinese writing to bring home to the girls but ALL the clothes here have English writing and most of it makes no sense at all. I think I should get a consulting gig here helping them write slogans that make sense. I am not sure how many girls want a shirt that says, "beautiful monkey toy". I was feeling homesick so Christian treated me to some chocolate Haagen Dazs at the mall. Four scoops of ice cream cost us about $20. We are seriously thinking of opening a Ben and Jerry's here! Back at the hotel we rocked Blythe to bed and then ordered room service and sat on the bed in the dark eating - our usually evening routine.
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