Thursday, May 10, 2007

Buy digital!

I’m going to write today’s entry “in advance” since I won’t have easy email access this weekend.


We have the morning and early afternoon “free” and have all been encouraged to go out and "buy digital!”. Sadly, I don’t think a 42” flat screen will fit in my backpack (sorry, Chris) so I am using this time to catch up on some work. Its hot, humid and overcast outside.

Our instructions are to meet in the hotel lobby at 2:30 PM. We will walk 15 minutes to the Ferry Terminal. Then we board a boat to Shenzhen, which is an hour ride. Not sure when we go through Customs, but apparently they have given us lots of extra time in case complications arise. After we disembark the ferry, we take a bus to Shenzhen Airport, another 15 minutes. Our flight is not until 8 PM, so I guess we will have down time in the airport. We are flying to Guilin, also about an hour’s trip.

When we get off the plane, we are supposed to collect our things and then get on another bus (a chartered one, this time). That will take us to Yangshuo, another 90 minutes away. We are supposed to get to our hotel at 11 PM tonight.

Yes, Mom, it does sound like the Amazing Race, except without the million dollar prize at the end. And with 17 planners, the arguments are mostly about who gets the window seat and who gets to hold the map!

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