Visa Physical

Sunday 10:00am

Yesterday we had our Visa Physical in Guangzhou. The physical part wasnt so bad. We had to take a picture for the Visa application first, which Saiya did great for. She loves to have her picture taken. I wish I had known we were going to be taking pictures yesterday or I would have put her in the dress I brought for her. Oh well. :( After the pictures we walked a little down the street to the Visa clinic where there were hundreds of other families with children waiting to be examined. Saiya did great at the physical. She needed to have 7 vaccination shots, which was the most out of all of the children in our group. When it was our turn for vaccinations, I held her in my lap while she cried and cried. It was so sad, I wanted to cry too!! After receiving two shots in one arm, one in the other along with the TB test, and two shots in each leg, she was a miserable little girl. Tears like waterfalls down her face. We handed her some candy and she was a little happier. Once she was happy with the candy, she chowed down on some oreo cookies we brought.

After the physical, we walked back towards the hotel. The island we are on is absolutely beautiful! There is a very nice park next door to the hotel where we wandered around for a little while. We had lunch at Lucy's, which is a very good diner that caters to american tastes. Chris fell in love with their hamburgers! After lunch it was back to the hotel for a nap.

After Saiya's nap, we went out in search of McDonalds. We got directions from the CAWLI doctor. Apparently, we didnt walk far enough, because we never found it. We ended up wandering through a traditional chinese market street. They were selling all sorts of things, mostly dried herbs, vegetables, and a variety of animals for meat. Among the animals were live chickens, turtles, and scorpions (yes, scorpions!!). There were barrels and barrels full of scorpions and other creepy-crawlies! eeeeeeeeeeek! Once we figured we had enough of the traditional chinese market (which wasnt long) we headed back to the island and straight for Lucy's for dinner! Haha!

We did a little bit of shopping while we were out. We bought a couple of gifts for my niece and nephew and a new hat for chris and an outfit for Saiya to wear for the famous red couch picture.

Today we meet the guide at 10:30am. No one really knows why, but we are assuming we are going to be filling out paperwork for the Visa Application. After that, I think we are free to wander around again today. The sun is out and it finally stopped raining, I am very excited to be getting out of the hotel room!