The Garden at the Garden Hotel

Gracie watching the fish by the tea house.

One of two large waterfalls in the Garden.

The tea house

Grace and Sarah enjoy feeding the fish.

Sarah also enjoys feeding herself.

Going Out in Guangzho

Guangzhou is even hotter than Nanchang. I didn't think any place was hotter than Nanchang -- I was wrong.


Haagen Das -- more ice cream to cool down while we are out and about.

Trying tea at a tea house.

Hope the mail carrier is current with his tetanus shots.

---Baba Van Gilst

Airplane to Guangzho

Sarah's first plane ride -- one hour. Training wheels for transpacific flight -- 9 hrs from Tokyo to San Francisco.

Yes I do Love My Baba

As if I wasn't already wet enough from all the sweating -- now I have baby drool in my hair.

Two of Dad's Favorite Things

I like Sarah better than Coca-Cola!

Ice Cream

Sarah enjoys a Mc Donalds ice cream cone in Nanchang.

Even ice cream doesn't cool you off here. It is so hot and humid that you are drenched the whole time you are outside. I can't wait to get home to the desert. ---Baba Van Gilst

Sorry it's taken so long for new pictures to be put up. I know, Em, you've been checking back every ten minutes to no avail. Sorry everyone else---didn't know the blog would be such a hit. ---Lauren

Cutie and Carrots