Daughter Duo

From Friday 06/27 - Okay, we are truly counting down now. We have not had internet to post for a couple of days so will post two while here in Hong Kong. The consulate visit was uneventful which is a good thing. They are in a different location than our first visit. Grace, our guide, had Scott ask the person in charge to rush us through to get the the train station for a 5:15 train rather than a 7:00. We made it but barely. Getting settled on the train was rough. I showed my ticket and asked for direction to the correct car. The lady used her arm and pointed me on in that car. It was the wrong car and we were dragging two children and a ton of luggage. Any of you out there who consider the train, it is fine but pay the extra $10 per bag to check your luggage. It would be worth it not to drag it around and especially if you are on the wrong car. We did not know the cost and our guide advised us not to check. Emelia did well until then and she was a very ill pill. She only wanted Scott as is the case most of the time now and he had a very rough ride from Guangzhou to Hong Kong. She felt really bad yesterday and part of the day today. I think it is the medicine she is on. I don't think I shared yet that we took both girls to the clinic at the White Swan. That was interesting. Our guide had to interpret for us. Both were put on cough medicine, some other brown stuff I think is for the runny nose and an antibiotic. Evelyn is not doing bad. I think she just has issues due to the poor air quality and we are using her inhaler. She did run a low grade fever night before last. I think the meds have zonked Emelia out. She slept 13 hours last night and then took forever to perk up after that. She did need the rest. We were in the mind set that there was no way we could make a 15 hour flight from here to Newark with her in this state. The whole plane would be ready to throw us off. So as you have been so faithful to pray for us continue to do so and pray that Emelia will do well on that long flight. We are in a different section of Hong Kong, the New Territories. It is very nice here and the Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel is truly a 5 star. You never know. We needed this room for that long stay in Guangzhou The White Swan was nice but we are in a large room here. We have a king and a twin (like our double) and we have a large bath. Scott needed a break after the train ride so he got the twin and the girls slept with me in the king. The rain has held off today. Their very nice pool was closed earlier, I think due to the nasty weather they had been having. We had already decided not to let either girl go swimming anyway. Today we took a taxi to a shopping center. It was very nice with about six levels. I guess you have to go up here. We had saved a good bit of money by taking the train to Hong Kong rather than flying so we made a purchase. : ) I wish we had known about the savings and done this on the early end of the trip. We purchased a Nikon D40 DSLR camera. I think it was a good deal. I hope so. The 40s are the older model so not quite as expensive. We had one crazy ride getting to this hotel last night. I don't think I could type all it would take to describe it all. The guy was absolutely crazy. We will just have to tell you about him. I was just glad to get to the hotel. I have a funny story I forgot to tell you about our visit to the gardens. I took Evelyn to the toilet, another squatty potty. My shades fell off and into the potty. Evelyn's face was so funny. I just flushed them. There was no way I was going to fish them out. Oh well, they were a cheap pair I had purchased for this trip anyway. We are going to walk out in a bit and hope to take a few photos with the new camera to share with you. We are so ready to see you all. Thanks again for praying for us. Our flight is at 10:25am so we have a fairly early start to get there 2 hours ahead. That is 9:25pm your Friday night. We fly to Newark and then Houston, TX. Our layover was long so we have a hotel there and will fly in to Gulfport on Sunday morning. Wahoo!!!!