Afterthoughts

Mother and grandmother were watching us take the pictures for the Red Sofa. They gave us a thumbs up. Or approved of us adopting the girls.



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All of our guide were wonderful. They were well trained, beautiful, and very different. Connie, the last, was extremely fashionable. They were all thin. Everyone in this country is thin. But Connie was larger boned. Connie always wore HIGH heels Wanda was a breath of fresh air. She wore the smallest and sweet clothes. She had two child, aged 1 and 3. Since both her husband and she were only children, they were allowed to have two kids. Her husband has a government job. They were taking the kids to Disneyland in Hong Kong next month. Connie has a 15 year old son. A good student. Rose ,the first guide, would like to be married and wants a child. She just bought a golden retriever and has no idea about dogs. She was leaving the dogs loose in the small apartment for hours at a time. It is 3 months old now. They all appear to earn a very good living. They would all carry umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun. We should try that and maybe there would be less skin cancers. I never thought to take good pictures of the guides.
The hairdos of all the women are wonderful. Of course, it was all straight black.
Connie








Wanda is one girl in white skirt, holding a baby.








Rose









Wanda








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The food was good for the most part. They have and eat little meat. They eat everything. Every part of living things. One lunch the guide ordered the meal. One dish looked like a strange meat. I took some and the guide asked if I knew what it was. It was the lunch with all the staff from the orphanage. Turns out it was beef intestine. I ate it and it was not good. The second trip the the other orphanage we packed our lunches. The director said, people always get sick at the restaurant he would take us to. The only good one in the town. They eat out of a small bowl, with chop sticks. We would be healthier and thinner if we ate their way. They forget dessert and eat fruit instead. The only chocolate I have had in the two weeks is the little piece left on the pillow.
This is their version of moo shu pork. Notice is wrappers.








So many things are new in the country. New airports. Subways but no escalators. Switches to turn all the electricity off in a bedroom. High rise apartments and highways are being built everywhere. Road systems seem to be layered. No tattoos.
Multiple employees doing jobs. Two people to open the door to the restaurant. Two people to take your order. A special machine to put your wet umbrella in a plastic bag before you enter places. In some ways they are more polite then us and then you see the spitting on the street. Also the babies doing their business everywhere. I must say that in the hotel the babies were in diapers. Wealthy parents do not have the kids peeing on the street, maybe.

Sending this as we leave for the airport on five minutes.
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