Well, it is 1:30 AM and we are finally bedded down in our hotel room in Nanning. The trip was fairly uneventful, except for the fact that when we arrived in Nanning the airport felt that they good crap a full plane full of people into one small bus. Was not the greatest bus ride of our lives.

Today in Hefei we really just walked around and bought a few things. Here are a few of the images. McDonalds are popping up all over the place! Two years ago you had to walk a couple of miles to get to one and this time there seems to be at least three within walking distance.

Would you buy sweet potatoes from this person???

No matter where you go, homeless people kind of look the same …

Brittany bought a scarf at one of the clothing stores in the maim mail and the girls helped her through the checkout line.

Here is a picture from the square of our hotel. At the top on the 29th floor is a revolving restaurant. It moves very slowly, but is still kind of weird. When it was first built, we were told it was the tallest building in Hefei.

Here are some of the other dwellings in our area. I wouldn’t say that this area is poor by any stretch of the imagination. There are many high end stores all through this area. But these apartments seems pretty typical.

We went to an amusement park across the street from the hotel. If you remember when we got Ali, she and I went on a crazy ride there that took her from smiles to tears in about 30-seconds. However, she had a lot of fun on the bumper cars, so we thought we would take the girls over and see if they wanted to ride. They were content to watch Brittany and Ali, but were not brave enough to try on their own!

For how very mischievous Riley is, I do love to hear and see her laugh!

I took a picture of this carousel because I have never seen one before with two levels. I thought it was pretty cool.

As we were leaving, a guy asked Brittany if he could have a picture with her. Later, when he asked for one with me, I was not as accommodating…

A few fun pictures. First is the open air “butcher”. Beef … it’s whats for dinner!

And this one was completely new to us! We have seen all kinds of street vendors. They sell stuff, they will fix your bike, and they will even cut your hair. However, there were two or three ladies that were cleaning ears!!! I am not making this stuff up!!!

As we prepared to leave the hotel for the airport tonight, our second guide, Ann, came to meet us. She had a present for Ali! Yesterday, when Ali was riding on the motorcycle, she lost one of her earnings and we didn’t really find a pair today to replace them. Ann had brought her a small pair of earnings. That was very sweet and beyond what was expected of her.

Tomorrow, Sunday, is a free day for us. We will sleep in first and then go out and try and find someplace to eat! This hotel, at first glance, doesn’t appear to be as convenient as the one in Hefei, but we will see how things look in the morning! We will get Leah on Monday, so just one more day to get through and they will all be in the fold!!

Cameron