Guangzhou City Tour and Shopping

We are now 2 days away from leaving to go home, which we are very excited about. Our paper work was accepted by the consulate today, so Maelyn's Visa should be ready Friday morning, just in time for a Friday night flight out of Guangzhou. Today was a great day. Every day Maelyn gives us a little more eye contact, and she still is smiling all the time. She is also still eating well and it looks as though she is gaining some weight. We started today off with a trip to a historic school founded for all of the "Chen's" in Guangzhou. It has been turned into the Guangdong Folks Art Museum, and it held some incredible artwork, including bronze sculptures, embroidery paintings, and ivory sculptures that were awe inspiring. We then went to the Six Banyan Pagoda, where the babies took part in a Buddhist ceremony which is to give them luck. We also climbed the Pagoda, and witnessed an actual Buddhist ceremony as this is still an active buddist temple. We then went to lunch near the Guangzhou Mosaiculture Exhibition which was basically a large botanical gardens with incredible plant/flower sculptures, mostly in the shapes of animals. Then it was off to the markets. We started at a jade shop, and then ended up in the large shopping mall (5 stories) in the jewelry area shopping for pearls. The shopping complex was incredible as it went on for 5 miles, and was filled with people even on a Wednesday afternoon. We saw people eating "squid on a stick". After that, we returned to our hotel room for great Tai dinner, and a relaxing evening.