a visit to the zoo

Tuesday May 12, 2015

Today was a beautiful day, the sun was shinning the sky clear and the temperatures and humidity reasonable.  We met the Lee’s for one last breakfast together.  We have thoroughly enjoyed our time with them and wish we lived closer to each other.

After breakfast our driver picked us up and we went over to the Garden Hotel where the other family is staying, there they along with Jack joined us and we headed to the zoo.

The zoo is nice and we have only seen it once and it was winter.   Today was absolutely beautiful and Josh LOVED the animals.  He screamed and loved it. At 10:15 Jack said there was a show we needed to take in at 10:30 so we headed that way.  We expected an animal show but instead it started with these kids juggling hats and then a lady balanced on a pipe while flipping cups onto her head, then two of the kids came back out on roller skates and did these acrobatic moves with skates.

After that we walked around a bit and saw more animals including the Panda’s.  They were very active today.  

Then were back to the hotel to complete our final paperwork for tomorrow.   We decided to grab lunch at the hotel today on “Food Street”. When we were there last night I saw Shanghai Dumplings on the menu and had to go back and try them.  We LOVED them, these are the most tasty dumplings I have ever eaten and LOVE them. I have to find a way to make these at home after this trip.

After lunch we decided to go to the 7 Rams Park across the road.  We journeyed through the subway tunnel to get under the busy street.  The park starts at a pond with fish and paddle boats but you climb up the hill to a TV tower.  It was quite the hike but we really enjoyed it.

This afternoon many of the families we have been spending time with were leaving by vans for Hong Kong to fly home tomorrow. We went to say goodbye to them and it was sad to see them go.   Afterward we went to the play area at the hotel and let the boys swing and slide a bit and then headed back just in time to see the vans departing. 

Robin has been wanting to go to a local place that has Pickle Juice Green Beans so we walked there this evening and had a great meal.   Two of the items we wanted were not available so we had to be flexible and found some good choices.  One of them was HOT!!! If you were not careful to avoid the peppers.

On the way back to the hotel we stopped at the shops next door and ran into a lady Lilly that we knew from the island.  She has moved to these shops and we visited with her a bit and picked up a few little items while there.

Tomorrow is the Consulate Appointment for us.  We have to be up early and meet our driver so he can take us there to meet up with Jack.  After this we want to go visit the Pearl Market and just look around and grab lunch.

After the appointment tomorrow all of the paperwork and government approvals are done and we are just waiting on Joshua’s visa to be issued so he can travel home with us.  Friday we too head home.  We have seen so many answered prayers and blessings through this trip. We have met wonderful people and thoroughly enjoyed our time here.