Final Travel Arrangements from CAWLI

We received our final cost assessment for our trip to China.  Our agency has arranged everything from the flights to and from Ningxia to the train trip back to Hong Kong when all is said and done.  We really appreciate them making all the arrangements for us.  I will be sending the check for the travel costs to the agency today.  Hopefully we will have our travel meeting sometime this week.  We also received a finalized itinerary (posted below).  We have 10 days to go until we leave for China!!  One week of work for both of us (and for Chris, it’s a short week!).

As the day we leave approaches, we are getting more and more anxious, nervous, terrified, and thrilled!  It’s a rollercoaster of emotion but overall, we couldn’t be happier and really look forward to meeting our daughter in China!  I can only hope that she is as excited as we are.  We are the only family in our group that is going to Ningxia.  There are four families traveling to China in our group, but we will not meet up with the rest of the families until we arrive in Guangzhou because we are skipping Beijing and opting to go through Hong Kong.

DATE DAY           EVENT DETAILS


27-Aug Fri           Arrive in HK Marco Polo Hotel

28-Aug Sat           free

29-Aug Sun           fly for Yin Chuan

30-Aug Mon          Adoption process full day with guide Meeting you child in orphanage!

31-Aug Tue           Adoption process full day with guide Notary

1-Sep Wed           Half day sightseeing

2-Sep Thu           Free on own

3-Sep Fri           Morning free on own. Meet guide at airport and transfer to hotel Guangzhou

4-Sep Sat           Visa physical for your child

5-Sep Sun           Free

6-Sep Mon          Get physical examination results

7-Sep Tue           Visa interview, Around 9:30am US Consulate In Guangzhou

8-Sep Wed           Oath Ceremony, half day sightseeing Liu Rong Temple

9-Sep Thu           receive visa Train to HK

10-Sep Fri           Free

11-Sep Sat           Fly back home