Travel Approval

Yesterday we got our travel approval, yeah! I can't wait to get Little Guy!
It was a really great day because the camp took a field trip.
We went to an amusement park in the morning. Then drove all the way back for lunch and nap time, then went back into town for a visit the the science museum.

Bow and arrow

Amusement Parks in China are old school. It doesn't mean that they are neccessarily old, but that they are from the pre-over-regulation time period. If you want a thrill, its a real thrill. Safety issues-that's your responisbility, not the operators. I've been to a few Chinese amusement parks, and this so far is the best.

Bike rollorcoaster

Even Teenager wants to go back.
It had your usual rides, but interwoven was a high ropes course. Of course, there was no team building course. Just the ropes and adventure. Harnesses, nah. We rode the ferris wheel and then did mostly rope and net bridges.

wooden plank bridge, in the water

It was very fun. I was totally impressed by the school because we all had to wear our shirts and I thought we'd march around as a group, ride to ride. Yuck, more supervision duty than fun.

Nope, they got everybody in the gate and it was a free for all. Be back at the bus at a certain time, see ya! Great, thats my kind of field trip. At the end there was a small paddock with 3 horses. It was blazing hot, so I thought maybe we shouldn't ride the horses. But then we thought, if nobody rides the horses than they'll have no money to feed them. So then we decided that Teenager could ride since she doesn't weigh much. I hate that facebook is down. We have the best video of the ride. So she is plodding around the circle. So Mr. Chinese Cowboy decides she should go a little faster. He tells her to post, she does.Her horse is still plodding along. So he decides he is going to get on the other horse and race. The other horse wasn't even saddled. He saddled that horse and jumped on it so fast and charged after Indigo and her horse. It was just amazing. Her horse got going!
The afternoon museum trip was ok. The science musuem was pretty good for China. The lighting was pretty dim, but the kids were so excited. I could tell that some had never been to a museum before and that was pretty cool.

Bed of nails

Today I asked the kids what was the funest thing they did yesterday. One little boy was so sweet, he said he helped one of the other teachers buy water. Everybody else is saying the rides, sitting by their friends, etc., and he said he helped someone. I hope my little guy is going to be a sweetheart like that!

Hefei, China