We stayed in the White Swan Hotel. If you ever find yourself in Guangzhou, China I highly recommed this hotel. It's gorgeous! This is the lobby.
We ate breakfast across the bridge.
The Koi fish were always ready for breakfast too.
The hotel looks out over the Pearl River.
This jade dragon boat picture is for my kids. They think dragons are very cool. Mei-Mei posed for me. Evelyn is afraid of flowers and wouldn't get near them. I don't think she saw a lot of flowers or foliage in Beijing city.
An ivory dragon. Amazing detail.
The White Swan also has a playroom! Let the good times roll!
We have another pianist (just like big sister Ava).
And another climber (just like her brothers). This little girl loves to go fast & crazy in her stroller and loves to be thrown high in the air. She's a bit of a dardevil...except when there are any plants, grass or flowers around :).
Evelyn started really walking in the playroom. I think the padded carpet gave her confidence.
Ethan (Tao-Tao) was such a sweetheart, and a little bit of a flirt. Too cute!
Out to lunch. The dish in the middle is "Dragon Fire Fish" and it comes literally on fire to your table. There are also yummy Chinese pancakes and the best dim-sum (dumplings) I'd had in China.
Mei-Mei is demonstrating how a 2 1/2 year old can use chopsticks better than I can.
Sorry, forgot the name of this park. It's in Guangzhou and it's beautiful! Beijing had been sunny, but dry and brown. It was a relief to come south to all this green and humidity.
Seven Bayan Tree Buddhist Temple. There are actually only 2 of the 7 bayan trees left, but it was interesting.
The White Swan Hotel is on Shamian "island." It's an island because someone dug a canal around it at some point in history. It is a little Oasis, kind of set-up for tourists. It has a beautiful park along the waterfront to enjoy. If you enlarge this picture you can see our hotel behind the tree. Guangzhou constantly had a hazy sky, some sort of humid, cloud coverage.
I had to get a picture of people doing Tai-Chi. They were out at the park every morning.
Again, I wanted to pose Evelyn in the flowers but she would have nothing to do with it. Note the worried look on her face.
Lots of very detailed statues.
View of Shamian island from my hotel window. Some of the buildings had a colonial look to them.
The island had wide walk-ways and lots of trees. Also, a lot of stores. I bought a few "squeaky shoes" for Evy. When she walks they squeak like a baby duck. 
At the Guangzhou (Canton) Airport getting ready to fly to Japan and then on to Seattle and home!
"Let's Go!!!!!! We're ready!
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