Here are some pictures of the monkeys at the park!!

The view from the cable car riding up the mountain

Guiyang from the cable car

a monkey :)
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    Wow! The Wal-Mart here is certainly different! For one thing, it was underground! For another, it was HUGE!!!! We spent a great long time walking around and enjoying the sights! Trent enjoyed watching the live frogs, snails, turtles etc. in the tanks at the seafood department (!) :) and we all were intrigued by the chicken feet!!!
    It is amazing what people carry on their bikes here! Cardboard boxes (4 or 5 huge boxes at a time) long steel tubes, boards, baskets, flower arrangements !!!...
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    Georgia is very busy! When we go down to check email at the Business Ceneter in the hotel she occupies herself with going through other peoples purses :) ripping leaves off plants and running around. She loves jumping on the beds and climbing on the suitcases and tables. 
    We have gotten lots of fantastic pictures with various people on the streets. :) Everyone enjoys filming and taking pictures of us. :)
 
We visited a park where there were monkies roaming around. They were pretty cute! ...
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(Sorry about the jump in days, my journal notes keep getting scattered. Georgia loves unpacking and repacking my notebook and I guess the 12th got jumbled up!)

Dad has JiaJia in a pack, and he is humming to her. She loves it, and is humming with him. :) This morning at breakfast they were playing "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby, and had a delightful selection of Christmas music. :) We just can't get enough "fired noodle" and baked beans for breakfast.
Georgia loves to dump out all her pencils...
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4:00am
We all got up at 3:00. We're so excited! Today we fly to Guiyang to get Georgia Maeleigh TingJia Cole!
Susan, our guide here in Beijing, said that "Jia" is part of her name, and her friends call her JiaJia.

7:50am
We're on the plane to Guiyang! Air China is very nice. We tried to talk to some elderly Chinese ladies at the airport but we couldn't understand each other! We can only say "thank you" and "no thank you" in Chinese. :)

8:00am
We're taking off!

8:20pm
Georgia is fantastic!!! We got ...
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