Today we pretty much had a free day except for waiting for our guide to let us know Addisyn's paperwork was fine for the US Consulate. The girls had wanted to go to the Guangzhou Zoo but the reviews weren't great. Huge zoo with lots of animals in horrible conditions. Jessica had been there two years ago and was not impressed either.
Last night I was googling the Guangzhou Zoo and in one of the reviews someone mentioned the Xiangjiang Safari Park. We got help from the hotel desk and they said the best way to get there was the Guangzhou Metro. So we ventured out to the subway. It was amazingly clean for a subway and easy for us to get around. Any only 7 RMB ($1.03) to ride. We even changed lines!
Once we arrived we discovered that the Safari Park was part of this big amusement resort. There was a hotel, the safari park, crocopark (crocodiles and such), and actual amusement ride park, and a huge water park. Much bigger than Great Wolf Lodge. It was pretty amazing. Plus it only was about $60 for me and 4 kids. The water park was the same price. They are trying to talk me into returning for that. We will see! The safari park was fun. We saw pelicans, pygmy hippos, white striped tigers (we saw a white tiger performance and a baby white tiger as well), giant sea turtles, elephants, meerkats, flamingos, monkeys, and some pandas! It was a nice day. When we came out of the panda exhibit it was a complete downpour. We waited a while while it just poured and poured and then we just had to just walk through the park in the rain. They closed all of the exhibits and were closing the park. As we were walking out it started thundering. We didn't see any lightening but boy did it rain and for hours. We had planned on taking the subway back but we were all drenched and sort of cold by then, we luckily found a van taxi that drove us back to the hotel.
Addisyn is doing great. She is bonding to everyone very well. She is understanding and using the signs we have taught her. We seem to be communicating pretty well. She can really pout at times. I think it is a habit that develop to get attention because people can't communicate with her very well. She snaps out of it pretty easy though. She is very much a girly girl, I let her pick out a pair of shoes where we buy the squeaky shoes and she picked out pink maryjanes with a HUGE pink flower on top. She loves them!
Sam is dong really great too. He has learned a few signs and will make eye contact with us more and more. At first if you tapped him to get his attention he would completely ignore you or close his eyes. The tantrums have about disappeared, haven't gotten scratched, bitten or had my hair pulled in almost a week. He is understanding that he is staying with us and likes that idea. He cries when I leave. All good stuff! He is such a funny little guy. Quite the personality on this one.
Baylee and Hayden are doing well with the long trip. They have been very helpful the entire trip. They both are magnets to the mosquitos here though. They are horrible, they swell up and sometimes get this big pink ring around them. They look like they have polka dot legs.
Tomorrow is Baylee's 15th birthday. I can't believe it has been 15 years. She has grown into such a beautfiul young lady.
Happy Birthday Sweetie!
I love you to pieces.
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