8.21.2001
8.22.2001 REFERRAL!
8.23.2001 New Pictures
8.24. 2001 To Austin!
8.27.2001The Other Jin Yi Ling
8.30.2001 Care Package
8.31.2001 Update!
9.06.2001 Travel approval
9.10.2001 Poem
9.11.2001
9.12.2001 Travel booked
9.26.2001 Itinerary
10.03.2001 Departure Day
10.05.2001 Hong Kong
10.07.2001 HK Day 2
10.07.2001 Nanning
10.08.2001 GOTCHA DAY!
10.09.2001 It's official!
10.10.2001 Tourist time
10.11.2001 Green Mountain Park
10.12.2001 Market
10.13.2004 Last Day in Nanning
10.15.2001 Visa Day
10.17.2001 Last Day!
10.19.2001 We're Home!



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We arrived in Nanning today, and will definitely get the babies tomorrow! There is only one other family here, the rest will be coming from Beijing tomorrow. Their flight is supposed to come in around 4 p.m., and we'll get the babies around 5 p.m.

We were met at the Nanning Airport by our guide, Vicky. The drive in from the airport was through rural scenery, and then Nanning arose as a sprawling highrise city. There's a gray haze over everything.

After checking into the Yong Jiang Hotel -- which seems nice -- we met the other family here. Maria and her friend, Donna, were supposed to travel a month before us. But 9/11 disrupted their travel, and they could not get a flight out until our group came. Maria is very eager to meet Chloe. Vicky took us to a restaurant near the hotel, and the food was very good. Chinese wine, however, leaves a lot to be desired!

Here's our home away from home for the next week or so:


Our hotel is connected to a shopping area. There are fairly ritzy looking clothing shops and a grocery store. We got bottled water and snacks at the grocery store. Tomorrow, Vicky will take us to the Nanning Department Store in the morning, so we can get formula and bottles for the babies. She has spoken to the director of Zoe's orphanage and knows what kind of bottles and formula to get.

Babies tomorrow!!!!!





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