Saturday, July 9, 2011

july 10, 2011

finally, some photos of our trip up to this point!!  i've been a bit under the weather (surprise.) but am feeling a lot more human now.

if you want to see how the children are doing, go to lisa's blog:  http://nicholsfamilyjourney.blogspot.com

we are going to guangzhou today by train (!!YAY!!) and will get benjamin tomorrow around 11 am (11 pm sunday night on east coast).

some photos!


huge plane that i thought hayden would like to see!!  (not ours.)


our plane to hong kong!!!!


view screen built into seat for movies and other stuff.


north pole-ish...  nearly frozen water for miles and miles and miles and ...


look at all that room we have!!!  hahahaha.


watching the plane LAND in HONG KONG!


hong kong airport


another view of our plane


out the window of our hotel in hong kong


inside our hotel, very late, very tired.



nice bed.  hard like rocks.  yay.



out the windows, more views of streets below


at victoria peak, hong kong



residences and buildings in hong kong


hong kong jockey club!  for grammy, who loved dick frances' books




victoria peak, highest point in hong kong







another travel group from ccai that we met up with in hong kong.  they get their children today, sunday, july 10!  the are flying to their province, settling into their hotel for a few minutes and then off to get their babies!


sampan ride.  i didn't go, was not feeling up to water travel, but we did this same trip in 2005.




our hong kong guide, matthew.  and traffic!!


run if you are on fire!!!!!


our hotel room in hong kong


lobby of regal kowloon hotel


sky light at regal kowloon


street in front of hotel in daytime.  you take your life into your hands by crossing streets here.




and the weather in hong kong/east china coast:  Hong Kong Observatory
 MOST EXCELLENT SITE!  check it out!!!!


4 comments:

Jean said...

Thank you for sharing the pics! So happy for you! Soon you will have your son!!

Blessings on your journey!!
Jean (another CCAI family)

Trish said...

Glad to see you guys are doing okay. Can't wait to see gotcha day!
Living vicariously through you.

Sarah said...

Happy Gotcha Day! Love your pictures. Have you seen the website "stick figures in peril"? I loved the pic of the guy on fire. :)

Betsy said...

Great shots!! Cliff and I are enjoying the skype and the photos.