Nov 12

Most of the Asian hotels I’ve been to offer free breakfast. It’s a buffet with many non breakfasty items like chow mein, Chinese vegetables, and other random stir fry. The Ramada we are staying at also has a self serve ice cream station. The kids hit this both mornings we’ve been here.

Nat: how much do you want Gavin?

Gavin: a lot!

After breakfast, we checked out and hopped on our bus to the city Jieyang. It was about a 2 hr ride.

Saying goodbye to relatives. The kids are flanking Gong Gong’s Auntie who lives in Guangzhou. It’s his dad’s sister. She’s 85.

This is our tour guide Joyce. She sang a nice local Hakka song to us during the ride. Video below.

On arrival at Jieyang, we had lunch at a super random restaurant that looked to be set up for tour groups. The food was just ok…

Then we headed to the airport and hopped on a plane to Beijing!

Our in flight meal

We arrived in Beijing and checked into our hotel: The Friendship Hotel and called it a night. BTW, this hotel reminds me of the movie The Shining. Creeps.

Favorite part of the day:

Me: driving from Meixian to Jieyang. Got to see the countryside of China. It was pretty.

David: teaching my brother Dee how to solve a rubics cube while waiting at the airport

Nat: getting snacks at the convenience store before hopping on the bus.

Ty: getting a 5×5 rubics cube at the airport and figuring out how to solve it.