Zoo & safari

Yesterday (Tuesday) we went to the Guangzhou zoo and safari. The Guangzhou zoo is the largest in China. We saw just about every kind of animal you can think of including giraffes, lions, wolves, rhinos, koala bears, etc. The pandas are the prize of this zoo. They have 10. Five are their own and five have been moved to this zoo from the part of China that had the earthquake last year. Zachary got the biggest kick out of seeing the baby lion cubs.

Today we will be going to an "exit meeting" with our agency where we will learn about the final steps of our trip. We will also be getting Zachary's visa and going to an "oath taking" ceremony. From there we get on the train for Hong Kong. Last week there was a case of the H1N1 (swine flu) discovered on the train in Hong Kong. We have heard that the officials are being very cautious as a result. We anticipate having our temp checked several times on the train. Please pray that no one on our train has a temp!

We'll stay over night at the airport hotel and fly out at 12:45p Thursday morning arriving in Chicago at 2:15pm Thursday. That doesn't seem to add up on a 14.5 hour flight. We'll get home at 6:15pm on Thursday. Really, really looking forward to being in our house versus a hotel room!

We look forward to introducing you all to Zachary in the upcoming weeks. We are hoping to get us all adjusted to US time this coming weekend.