So Long Nanning, I Barely Knew Ye

I feel like I have been here for nearly a week and know nothing more about this town than when I got here. Typically I like to learn as much as I can about a city and or country before I go there. I read some on the internet and the city was grossly misrepresented. I had high hopes for the city tour, however, our tour was lackluster at best. (sorry to go negative so soon)

After the other day I have been ready to leave, I keep thinking FM is going to mysteriously appear somewhere or something else is going to happen and they are going to take Wren away. I know it is a silly notion, but sleep deprivation takes its toll on the weary mind.

Let's switch to pictures.

Here are some shots of the hotel and mall area.

This building was entirely gold colored. Interesting.

 

This is the view from the corner of the mall. Massive structures in the distance.

The big building looks like it is eating the smaller one.

The view from the hotel looking the opposite way.

The view of the mall from the crosswalk, and the fitting descent into the bowels of Wal Mart.

Here is our room after the sprinkler incident.
Check out the Pizza Hut menu.. Not your typical fare by any means.

Trinity got a new hat

We had some time to kill so I played with the camera.

...The-shoe-being-on-the-other-foot...

It will feel good to leave, like we get to start anew somewhere else and move forward.

At long last we headed to the airport. Shana made the fatal mistake of not going before we left. The price she paid for her lack of foresight was a gas station squatty. (shudder)

The the airport. Let me see, how can I describe the experience...Well, it was hot. We all were sweating profusely. then we had to do a cattle car through the terminal, our gate was the least one, it was hot, we waited in line to get to the front to tell us that they had switched gates (maybe the lady with the loudspeaker yelling something and our line quickly moving away had something to do with it, and it was still hot, so I just cut in line, to hell with it. I was hot. this gate did not lead ot the magic plane, though, oh no, it led to the tram. Which was hot. and crowded. We lurched about 50 yards and then got off on the tarmac, an ditto was...dark (betcha thought I was gonna say "hot") So, we got on board. and waited. Cue wren's meltdown in 3...2..1. We sat on the runway for about 45 mins and then were off to Guangzhou. The flight was about an hour and poor little Wren eventually collapsed from exhaustion. We landed and got our bags and it was still hot. (nighttime now)

After a 50 min drive we arrived at our hotel and slept as best we could. The next day was to be the dreaded medical checkup where your child can receive up to 8 shots at one sitting. Really really not looking forward to that.

Oh, I meant to mention earlier in our trip that we knew something special was going to happen while in Nanning. "All it takes is a little faith and trust..."