Today was the day that we had our "consulate appointment". This appointment is actually done by our guide. The guide takes all our paperwork for Shen's immigration visa and files it with the consulate. Our job during the appointment is to stay in our hotel room so we're available in case there are any questions regarding our application or documents. We were to be in our room from 10:00 AM until 12:30 PM. We took the boys out for a walk after breakfast to visit the park along the water and watch people exercise and play. They were feeling tired after that and rested pretty quietly while we waited. We hadn't heard anything from our guide by 12:30 so we took the boys to the pool and then went out shopping.

We were supposed to go on a river cruise this evening, but Kai seemed to be running a low fever, so we decided to bag it and stay in the hotel room instead. It has ended up raining really hard, so we're even more glad we decided against going. We gave Kai some Tylenol, and think he'll be fine - probably just over-done. Right now it sounds like a monsoon outside!

Here are a few pictures from our day...

A fisherman on a boat outside the window of the hotel restaurant at breakfast...


The boys watching Mulan in Mandarin on the portable DVD player in the room...


On the way to the pool...


Swimming with Mommy...


Women dancing in the park...


Men Playing cards...


Women playing mahjong...


Preschoolers being taken for a walk...


Kai and Shen playing with parasols in the room...