an early wake up time (and for some of us, no sleep prior to at all) for our travel day. everyone arrives on time, if not early. our bags checked (and they didn't even charge extra for the extra bag that was checked!!) and goodbyes said. tears (i'm not gonna lie, they were mine. i couldn't see through my watery eyes to notice who else). waves. through security and there's no turning back.
for one of our travelers, this was and even longer day than for others. . . when you suffer from motion sickness, it can make for a very uncomfortable day. and she had a very uncomfortable, long day. but other than that hitch, we were blessed to arrive where we needed to be and left when we needed to leave and all of our bags arrived undamaged and intact! 26 hours later, we are in china.
and what greeted us in china?? rain! glorious rain! oh, and our team "handlers" for the next three weeks. we had little luck dodging the raindrops as torrents and sheets of the wonderful wet stuff fell on us, and we didn't even complain when we stepped in huge puddles on the way to the van that would take us to our living quarters while we are here in guiyang.
our living conditions here are palatial. . . better than our wildest expectations! we have a huge living and dining area, a full kitchen, two bathrooms (although one has a squatty potty) and three bedrooms. plenty of room for all of us. . . oh, and free wifi!! how about that? so as long as we're here, we should be able to stay in touch.
tomorrow we'll hit the ground running. do a little banking, eat, explore, get a little team time in and hopefully hit the super wal mart. it's an experience unto itself!
well goodnite from wet, wonderful guiyang.
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