We had a restful day off from any official paperwork, which was helpful in trying to establish a good sleeping and eating schedule for Belle. She has only had three bottles a day, and one nap a day, which is probably not quite enough for this little 16 month old!
Around lunchtime, we took a stroll to an eight-story mall and milled around for a while. The line "gee (elwood), this mall's got everything" kept ringing true. More gawking and staring, so Tim decided to start speaking in Spanish to curious ladies that would come up to us, staring and looking us up and down. Like puppies hearing a new sound, they would tilt their heads, not quite sure what to make of it, which was extremely gratifying.
We spent most of the afternoon reading, charging cameras and re-organizing our suitcases. There are no western TV channels on the television (why would there be??), so we were reduced to watching women's soccer with Chinese play by play. Baby Belle slept again, which was great, then our guide showed up around 6pm to deliver notarized copies of all the paperwork that we will take with us to the next city. She then took us to a local seafood restaurant with the evening's options: sea worms, beltfish or turtle. Hmmmmm. We went with the fried rice... again....
Carissa and Tim
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