Friday, October 9

OK, we want to be home now! Kind of tired of living out of a hotel in a foreign country. Now that the Chinese holiday period is over, things will start happening. Just need to hold out tell 10/14. On a good note, we took a huge excursion today. More like a safari, and it was. We boarded the metro once again and went to Guangzhou Xiangjiang Safari Park. We now know the difference between a good metro station and a bad one. A bad one, as in the case of the other night, has metal detectors and security screening. Once inside the park, we took a tram and got to see various kinds of animals that you can't find at the Fresno Zoo. There is also a snack bar with food that you would not find in Fresno either. Speaking of food, we were at a local café here on the island the other night. It had a small selection of western food so Tamra decided to get the deep fried chicken. Sure enough the entire chicken came out head and all. So Tamra ate a starbuck's muffin that night for dinner. At the safari park we saw several shows including an elephant, monkey, bird and white tiger show. Elsie liked the bird show and would point to all the birds flying overhead.