Some cuteness
Love those fingers!
Ancient water clock at the museum
At the Six Banyon Trees temple - again
Yu Xiu Park and the statue of the 5 rams. Local legend has it that there was a famine in the land. The villagers prayed to Budda and he sent down 5 fairies with 5 rams. They taught them about farming and blessed the land to be bounteous. The 5 fairies returned to heaven but the 5 rams stayed to help the people. Guangzhou is also known as the city of the Ram.
A relief cut into the rock depicting the legend mentioned above.
A beautiful waterfall in the park. It is so humid and temperate that it almost feels as though we are in Hawaii - or what I would imagine Hawaii to be like- I've never been there.
In front of the waterfall.
This building was built in the 1300s. It is the highest point of Guangzhou. It has been turned into a museum. Off to the left of the picture is an ancient tomb. Several years ago they were building a children's park and they found this tomb. They had to relocate the children's park because the ground was a sacred burial ground. The wooden part of the tomb was relocated to this location.
Not a great picture but you can see Guangzhou in the distance. We are on the top floor of the building pictured above.
Looking cute in the hat.
Me looking hot and sweaty. 
This picture is for Lori and Xu. Fire dragon fish. So good and sauted spinach and dumplings. Yum!
Walking through the park on the island.
Around the island.
So my eye is doing better and I am very grateful. I am coming down with a cold but we are all surviving. Today we had a very nice day. We are with a new group as I mentioned and they had not had the chance to go to the Six Banyon Tree Temple and so we went again. It was so busy. Tomorrow is a holiday in China - tomb sweeping (it has a lovely Chinese name that I cannot recall.) So many people were at the temple to honor their ancestors. Our guide took us to a new park to accomodate me and Kevin so it wasn't the exact same tour. The park is amazingly beautiful. We really enjoyed it. The museum was fantastic and I wish we could have spent more time there but we are in a group with babies that won't always cooperate. It was so funny - one of the woman in our group is also LDS and knows Mona Johnson. What a small world. We went to the same restaurant as last Sunday. It was good and cheap. We got back and have been relaxing the remainder of the afternoon. It was funny this morning because Kevin checked the weather and said it was supposed to be nice so we dressed accordingly. By the time we got to the temple it was raining. We had to borrow and umbrella. Cordelia says it always rains this time of year. But then this afternoon we actually saw the sun. It was perhaps the nicest day we've had so far. Haylee has been a little pill today and so we took her out to the park for a change of scenery. She loves being outdoors. There were a lot of people on the island today as well - perhaps because of the upcoming holiday. It was fun to watch them. There are lots of young couples walking hand in hand, older people fishing in the river and playing checkers (or something like it) in the park. We even saw a couple of people swimming in the Pearl River. You couldn't pay me enough money to do that! We watched a couple of young boys doing tricks on their bikes and a playing badmitton or hackeysack. People are so very nice here and often smile and say "hi" to Haylee. Only a few short days left. I miss home but will always remember China fondly and hope to be able to visit again in the not too distant future.
So my eye is doing better and I am very grateful. I am coming down with a cold but we are all surviving. Today we had a very nice day. We are with a new group as I mentioned and they had not had the chance to go to the Six Banyon Tree Temple and so we went again. It was so busy. Tomorrow is a holiday in China - tomb sweeping (it has a lovely Chinese name that I cannot recall.) So many people were at the temple to honor their ancestors. Our guide took us to a new park to accomodate me and Kevin so it wasn't the exact same tour. The park is amazingly beautiful. We really enjoyed it. The museum was fantastic and I wish we could have spent more time there but we are in a group with babies that won't always cooperate. It was so funny - one of the woman in our group is also LDS and knows Mona Johnson. What a small world. We went to the same restaurant as last Sunday. It was good and cheap. We got back and have been relaxing the remainder of the afternoon. It was funny this morning because Kevin checked the weather and said it was supposed to be nice so we dressed accordingly. By the time we got to the temple it was raining. We had to borrow and umbrella. Cordelia says it always rains this time of year. But then this afternoon we actually saw the sun. It was perhaps the nicest day we've had so far. Haylee has been a little pill today and so we took her out to the park for a change of scenery. She loves being outdoors. There were a lot of people on the island today as well - perhaps because of the upcoming holiday. It was fun to watch them. There are lots of young couples walking hand in hand, older people fishing in the river and playing checkers (or something like it) in the park. We even saw a couple of people swimming in the Pearl River. You couldn't pay me enough money to do that! We watched a couple of young boys doing tricks on their bikes and a playing badmitton or hackeysack. People are so very nice here and often smile and say "hi" to Haylee. Only a few short days left. I miss home but will always remember China fondly and hope to be able to visit again in the not too distant future.
That park looked pretty awesome. Thanks for the up close shot of the fire dragon fish. I think Kevin will have to try to duplicate when he gets home (for Haylee's sake). I love you guys. I love reading the blog. You're doing great. I'm so proud of you and happy. I've been telling everyone what adventurers you are. We'll be communicating in a more traditional fashion soon.
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