We got up a little after 5am to catch our flight to Guangzhou. Amy had never even seen a plane before, I wasn’t sure how she would react. She loved it! She laughed when the plane took off. Every time we hit an air pocket, the Stewardess would come on the intercom and tell us that “we are expressing tuberance”. Thank you. Amy loved that too.
The flight was supposed to be a 4 hour flight. We are deep in China now so it was hard to find anyone speaking English. We didn’t realize that the flight stopped once so we were confused that we were in Xi’an and not Guangzhou. We finally figured out we had to get off, wait a few minutes and get back on. When we got to Guanzhou, there was a storm. The airplane almost touched down and then took off again. The stewardess explained to everyone else what was going on but forgot to make the announcement in English. We just watched the ground get further away and then the city started disappearing and I only saw farmland, and then nothing but water. The stewardess then announced that we were landing at X airport right on time but we noticed it wasn’t Guangzhou. It was very confusing to us and took us a long time to figure out what was going on. Apparently the pilot decided the weather was too bad to land so he took off and took us way down passed Hong Kong to a little airport near the South China Sea. There, we sat on the airstrip for 2 hours with no air. Then they made us all get off the plane, stand “inside the square” on the tarmac with all our carry-ons and they unloaded the luggage! We only got to stand outside for a few minutes (it felt much cooler outside) and then they made us all go back inside and sit some more while they loaded all our luggage back in. So it took us and extra 3 hours to get to Guanzhou. Amy had HAD it by then and was crying because she got up so early, no nap and then she was so hot waiting that long while in the plane. Crazy! All things considered I think she did wonderful. As soon as she got off the plane she perked right up again and was ready for adventure.
Our Hotel is awesome. Soft, bigger beds- we so need that right now! Big room, Big bathroom. TV with some English channels- halleluiah!! Our hotel is in a mall so we checked in and settled a little and then went out to look for dinner. We were supposed to get here around noon, instead we just had time for dinner and then to bed. We didn’t have to walk far before we found a McDonalds- hooray!! There is also a Pizza Hut and a KFC. Oh yeah. Tomorrow we have a free day and we’re planning to go to the Electronics Outlet and the Children’s Clothes outlet. Brent already bought a few new release DVDs tonight for around a buck on our way back from McDonalds.
Oh our favorite Tshirt today: "Salt Choir" and "Rear your Fare"
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