Monday - 6 Banyan Temple

Today our guide met all 3 families at 10:30 in the hotel lobby to take us on a tour of the 6 Banyan Temple. There used to be 6 Banyan trees but now there are 5. There is a happy Budda when you enter and behind him an angry Budda facing the other way (according to our guide, added by the Monks to discourage people who were stealing the offerings). We were back to the hotel area at about noon and Libby and I had lunch again with the Massachusetts family and their daughter Rose. According to her mom, Rose's Chinese name means "beautiful flower" and that was part of the selection process for her name. And part of Libby's Chinese name is Jian which is the word for double-edged sword. :) Below are pictures from the temple tour, including a picture with all the families: Libby (2 in March), Rose (2 in March a week before Libby) and Lila (2 in January). Also random pictures of the streets of Guangzhou. We had to be back to our rooms between 1:30 and 3 for our guide to call us with the results of the TB medical test. Libby passed so no extra hurdles there. It is 4:30 pm and Libby is up from her nap. We will probably walk the shopping street for a while and order room service and have an early night. We have to meet our guide at 7:30am in the lobby (after breakfast) to go to our US consulate appointment at 8:30. Then Wednesday is a free day and Thursday home.