This morning we took of to the zoo!  We went on a wheeled Safari ride and then walked through the zoo.  It really was an amazing zoo, maybe one of the best I have ever been to.  The folage was very lush and tropical, the grounds were beautiful, and they had a ton of animals … more of certain species (like Tigers and Giraffee’s) than I had seen at any other zoo.  And we tend to go to a lot of zoos!

First, a couple of shots from last night.  How could I have forgotten to post this shot????

And, in the name of brevity, we have seen a million shopping pictures so just one:

In one of the shops that we bought a fair amount of stuff, the shop keeper would write out the adopted kids names in Chinese along with their meaning.  Here he is doing one of Caleb’s name:

One of the interesting things about this city is that EVERYONE hangs their laundry outside their apartments to airdry.  You could have a very nice, fancy apartment building, and then outside a window would be a rod and their clothing hanging out there.  I keep wondering what happens when a sudden wind comes a long and it all gets taken away?  Clayton, the father of the other family we are with, said that he heard that happens and that the parents send the kids down to the street to pick up the clothing.  Nice …

I just had to take a picture of this guy.  Nice sleeves, bud.  They sell men’s clothing where you bought that?

I guess you could say that public transportation is well utilized here?

OK, so I am sorry to everyone who I told I was going to post the zoo pictures yet today, but I have been fighting with Xanga now for 20 minutes just trying to get this far and everyone else is in bed!  I can not get the photo manager to work with me here, so I guess I will have to post the pictures after I get up in the morning.  Sorry!

First thing tomorrow, at 8:15 AM (8:15PM Monday – Eastern Time) we have to have Caleb’s TB test read.  It looked pretty good today, but this is the ONE thing that can kind of hang things up, especially since we are running short on time with the Labor Day holiday this weekend.  Pray that it does get read “negative.”  Things will go much smoother if that is the case!

Cameron