Acceptance Letter on the way back to China

the letter is winging its way to Beijing as I write - about four or five of us are sharing a courier to get the letters there so will be progressing its journey ..we then have to wait for what is know as and ITT Invitation to Travel...so left to do are the following....

1. Finalise the care package and mail to Orphanage... by the end of this week

2. Visas - we should wait for the ITT but people have got theirs with only an acceptance letter , so I may be off to the Chinese Embassy one morning early soon!

3. Currency - Unused dollar notes, at the moment it is v. advantageous exchange rate ..so that is good..

4. Book tickets - as we are traveling via Hong Kong this should be OK, hope to fly on January 18Th - we will then take a train to Guangzhou on the 21st Jan only 1.5 hours ...so am just investigating flight details - thinking of traveling Premium Economy to get some extra leg room

5. Pack!!! at least it will not be ridiculously cold as it would be in Beijing...so should be OK on that front.

6. Finalise details of the hotels in Guangzhou with our guide Chris Tao Ping. We then need to book hotels in Hong Kong for about two nights either side of Guangzhou...

In the meantime we are buying bits and pieces - Rob's latest purchase were some brightly coloured wooden letters to put on her bedroom door....now knowing Rob as most of you probably do, where everything is about empty surfaces, efficient hidden away storage and white walls you will be amazed at this picture!!!!!!!