Do you know the way to Guangzhou

This artist painted beautiful and amazing scenes,using only the side of his palm and finger nails.

Braving the heat at Chen Family Temple - You can feel your jeans shrink while you are wearing them.

This is basically how all the beds in China feel - Not kidding. I have asked for 8 pillows and three feather beds to equal a very firm mattress in the states. The sleep number here would be around 897

Chen Family Temple, lots of carvings and intricate artistry

Hello People,







Sorry for the delay in posting, but yesterday was a travel day....and oh what a day it was.







We left the Dolton Hotel at 12:00 noon to head towards the Changsha Airport....our group was traveling as a whole for the first time and we looked like we had been living there about 2-3 years with the trolley carts full of luggage we all had.







We made it to the airport and thought, great, we have a guide this time (Grace, the amazing) and this will be smooth sailing; yeah smooth sailing, like the Titanic.







Apparently on May 1 (the day we traveled) the entire country implemented a new rule that only one carry on was allowed per person; this meant a purse was a carry on. No more one carry on and one personal item, i.e. diaper bag, lap top computer, medical supplies et al.







We had already waiting in a long line to get our ticket and check our bags, when we were told to get out of line and check all of our carry on baggage, thus began the great dumping of the babies' food, formula etc.







Due to all of the extra baggage, our group was fined for being "over-weight" and we all had to pay more money before being cleared to go though security.







We paid the fines, and then proceeded to wait in the security line, where after about 25 minutes we were causing too much delay and they told us to get out of that line and go to another! We were all stopped for something or another, this time they didn't like the ice block I brought to keep my insulin cool. One of our travel mates was stopped for a baby toy - because it squeaked.







Then we got though security and walked to our gate, only to learn the flight would be delayed by an hour.







Tip: PACK FREAKING LIGHT - Be prepared for most things to go differently than you anticipated.







We were all scrambling to change babies in the airport and try to get them something to eat with the limited rations we had with us, as all of their stuff was either trashed or on the tarmac waiting for the ghost plane.







We landed after 7:30 pm from a flight that was only 50 minutes long.







Today we went to the Chen Family Temple.







I'll try to upload more photos tomorrow as time permits.







It is really hot and humid here, still little to no air conditioning in most places and a finding a cold drink is akin to winning the lottery, you hear it happens, but most likely not to you. I'm off to dream about my La-Z-Boy and all the iced tea I can drink.







Love V