We arrived

We have arrived in Hong Kong and all three of us are thankful to be out of the plane :)

The flight was uneventful after the orange juice spill in the first hour. Sorry for John that it was all over his pants and he had to gradually drive out over the flight. Mandy was trying to help and knocked over her orange juice. Early on the flight we realized that flying 15 hours with a 6 year old is definitely different than flying with just the two of us. John was reported to be suspicious by a fellow traveler when he was organizing his head sets and other electronic stuff. The flight attendant said she had to follow up on the report and just smiled.

Actually though, Mandy did a great job. I was really proud of her. She was a trooper when she was over-tired and crowded. We were served 2 meals and a ramen noodle type snack. She ate all three times without complaining. We played play dough pictionary and numerous other games while we were awake. All of us were able to take several naps.

It is already 7:00 pm and and we need to head to find something for supper. We were going to go to a light show down by the shore but Mandy said "I really just want to hang out in the room." We leave at 5:30 am tomorrow morning to fly to Guangzhou so I think we will take her suggestion and just call it a night after supper.

Tomorrow we will have about a 40 minute flight and will be met by a driver and guide to drive to Dapu which is Mandy's birth town. We are all looking forward to the drive through the mountainous countryside. This trip will be much different from our trip in 2004 because during that time we stayed in Guangzhou the whole three weeks. This time we will visit several different areas.

Oh I did want to mention that the temperature tents are currently not activated. Matthew, our guide, said that you never know exactly when they are turned on or off because it is based on the sickness level here in the area. He said sometimes it is on in one airport and not another.

Thank you for praying for us today....we felt the prayers and are thankful to be one step closer.

Sheila