Yesterday we left Kunming and flew (90 minutes) to Guangzhou. Both girls were very good on the flight - Alice didn't make too much noise and with the help from a bottle of milk on take-off and apple juice on landing she didn't suffer from the change in air pressure.
I was sad to leave Kunming - not just because it's my daughter's birthplace, but because it is a place where I felt safe and it's not too hot!
Guangzhou is very different - more extremes, greater poverty and wealth, more crowded with more traffic and MUCH hotter. It is at least 35 degrees C outside and very, very humid - clothes are dripping within minutes of leaving the air-conditioned heaven of the hotel. We did explore the surrounding streets of Shamian Island last night, after 6pm when it was STILL uncomfortably hot.
The anticipated trip to a Buddhist temple this morning was cancelled - Alice and Lois have both had digestive 'issues' since arriving here and C is suffering from a nasty case of travellers' tummy. She's rested most of today and we all hope that she'll be feeling much better very soon. Meanwhile M has been doing a really good job, single handed.
We had supper tonight at Lucy's, not bad but I wasn't feeling too good. Alice went down more easily this evening, and I really need her to stay down tonight, off for an early night. K x
As expected the hotel rooms are much smaller, there is construction work going on 3 floors below and it seems as if the 'banging' never stops.
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The heat must be very difficult.I guess you must all be very tired now.
It won't be long till you'll be back in the wet UK!! We did get two sunny days here.
Take care
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