Well we didn't get to our hotel until around 1:00 am China time! Two of our bags were lost and Sherri Johnson lost 1 bag! We think Ivey left her camera with the video diary on the plane :'( I could not make myself understood whenever I asked about the camera. We learned that when an Asian says YES...it means I heard your voice! It does not mean they understand, it does not mean they are working on it. It means...shut up & move on crazy woman!
Our lost bags held our shampoo, all hair care products, gifts for the orphanage director, and gifts for the orphans from Ivey's village!! I took a shower and got cleaned up the best I could under the circumstances (I used the lotion as conditioner)...there will be NO pictures of me until I am in possession of my luggage!!
We ate breakfast at the hotel. Weird combinations of food offered for breakfast...corn juice, make your own soup, fried noodles, warm milk for cereal, congee, make your own eggs...yes again poor Ivey was looked upon as the special needs Chinese girl who couldn't understand a word they said!
We went out this morning to try to exchange our money to Chinese currency and to also buy a SIM
card so we could make local calls since we would be leaving our group to head to Longyan & meet Ivey's foster mother. Can I just say WOW!? You have no idea, none at all how isolated you are and rely on others. We finally found a bank to get some money & a nice gentleman walked us blocks & blocks to find a cell phone store!
The people at the cell phone store were wonderful & it took forever but we are now proud owners of a Chinese cell phone that we cannot read to work :) We are relying on everyone for even the most simple of tasks.
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We are awaiting our luggage, Peter from the orphanage, and FOOD! You wouldn't believe how hungry you are...and thirsty. Missing cold water already :)
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