Our Journey to Mary Yue-Anne: Travel Journals - May 11

May 11th-Denver
I can't believe we are finally on our way to China. This is really happening! So
long in the planning, even longer in the dreaming. Rob's anxiety level is high enough at the moment to cover our entire travel group. He was singled out at
the security check station and rec'd a "hand-check" from Mr Friendly Security
Guard whildest FREAKING out because his backpack was more than 5' from him. A little harmless nausea when we got to the concourse, and he is back to normal..sorta (see pic below with his JUNK FOOD). OMG! We have not even left Denver yet. I am in BIG trouble.

May 11th-San Francisco
We FINALLY made it to California. I say finally because our plane was late
coming into DIA, late getting back out of DIA and ran into a whole run of
problems once we landed in CA. We had to WAIT for someone to "park" the
plane. We had to WAIT & WAIT & WAIT for someone to come open the dog-gone door! Sigh. At least we made it. Rob got hung up AGAIN at the security station and had to be hand-checked. The man honestly didn't even think to take off his BELT! Brilliant. Now there are several hours of pacing and harmless nausea before our flight to Hong Kong leaves (at 1:20 am).

May 13th-HONG KONG AT LAST!
Yes, you will notice that May 12th for us just disappeared. Between the time change and the evil flight, its gone. The flight was brutal. I will kid you not. The seats are uncomfortable and close together. But the staff were simply the best. Those flight attendants were the best I have ever seen. They were all so nice and polite and helpful...and BEAUTIFUL (they were all Chinese). The food was quite good, although I was not able to eat much. The old tummy was riding a roller coaster during the flight. I was able to get very little sleep, so I am now a walking Zombie. Rob was able to sleep more, although the man fidgeted every five seconds (not kidding). Made it real hard for me to try and lay my head on his shoulder. Sigh.

I am happy to say we are back on the ground now in a most amzing country. I have never seen any place like it. The flight was hard, but so far it was worth it (and we have not even gotten the baby yet). Our travel group is awesome. Some first time parents, some parents like us (older kids and starting over) and one couple who has been-there-done-that. Its a great combination of personalities.

Our guide in Hong Kong is Mathew and I must say, his "Chinglish" is a little hard to get use to understanding. He's great thought. Tomorrow he is taking us on a tour and out to a fabulous Dim Sum place for lunch. Can't wait.

The hotel is amazing. We sort of feel out of our element. Very ritzy and posh. We feel like rich folks here! Rob has gone around the entire room and touched EVERYTHING at least twice. (Ha...and we don't even have the toddler yet..double sigh). We are having a lazy day today because we are simply exhausted. I had
a nice bubble bath which made me feel SOOO much better. We might venture out to dinner either to the Steak House down the street or to one of the three restarants in the hotel (they are supposed to be GREAT, but with a great price tag too). Oh well. We will only be in China once.

We'll update more tomorrow after the tour. Not too many pictures today, but here's a couple...