China Day 2

Both of the above pictures are from yesterday (May 4), our first day with Sarah.

Computer problems have been stabilized! On Mom's and my adventure today to find RT Mart, we found a rather large computer shop. We went in and asked someone who spoke English and he told us to return with the charger. So we went back to the hotel. Then Dad and I went out. We returned to the shop with the charger and for 165 RMB we were able to get a charger that works with the computer and the Chinese outlets! Praise God! Our communication with those back home shall continue.

We went to Wal-Mart today. That was an experience. It was four stories tall and had a movie theater on the fourth floor! The third floor had clothing and home furnishings. Then you take a cart down on a "ramped" escalator of sorts. They have designed this "ramped" escalator so that the cart locks into place as soon as it hits the track. It was an experience. The second floor contained all the groceries. We bought some suckers, coins, and water bottles along with our bathing suits from the third floor. One more thing about our Wal-Mart experience: I was amazed by how modest the swimsuits were for women. What a relief! All of them have either a skirt or shorts and most of them are one-piece. If one does desire a two-piece, they're available but they're still rather modest. They have the shorts or skirt again. For the top, I did not see any string bikinis. This made shopping and choosing a bathing suit much easier! The first floor was simply random shops unrelated to Wal-Mart.

Also, one more thing. The people here are so nice! Everyone tries to help. Everyone whether they know English or not. There was a point where Mom and I were trying to find the RT Mart and we looked a little bit lost. We had four maybe five people come up and ask what we needed. When buying some ice cream, one lady, Holly, walked up to us and asked us if she could help. We needed to find some groceries. She took us to the exact store we had wanted to go to and stayed with us to translate so that the clerk could get us everything as we wanted. I think each of us are amazed by the propensity with which these people serve us.