Here are Abby and her sister, Sarah walking to the restaurant for their last dinner out.
We went to our favorite American restaurant, "Lucy's."
Sarah is showing Flat Panda around.
and taking him for a little ride.
Good night, and Good-bye, Guangzhou.
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This is a very intricate bone carving. The artist starts with a camel bone and makes it into this beautiful scene.
Abby seemed to be a little bored looking at the artwork.
This piece of art was a little more interesting. That boy looks like he's in trouble.
And having a cousin around always brightens her smile!
Flat Panda seems to have a thing for trees. Maybe because he can stand up by himself in them!
This is one of the main doors to the museum. That guy looks like he's guarding the place well. I would be scared to come in if I wasn't supposed to.
Here is a bush outside the museum entrance.
Later on in the day, Flat Panda relaxed with a nice game of ping pong. The Chinese are very good at this game. Our guide beat everyone in the group.
Only a few more days until we come home. Flat Panda and Abby have enjoyed the trip, but they're glad to be coming home soon.
This is another view out the window. The sun was setting and I thought the water looked pretty. When we saw this pretty bridge and saw the road that ran along the water's edge, we thought it might be nice to walk to the bridge.
So today, our guide took us to the pretty bridge and we walked along the path, which is a pretty park, back towards our hotel. Here is Abby on the bridge holding Flat Panda. We almost lost Flat Panda into the water as it was very windy, and Abby had accidentally let go of him. We were glad he didn't go for a swim!
And here is our hotel from the bridge. It is one of the newer hotels in Nanning and it is quite beautiful.
The bridge led to a park area that had lots of rides for children. Abby wanted to ride this carousel. When it started, it went much faster than the ones we're used to at the fair. We really had to hold onto Flat Panda!
Abby enjoyed this car ride. Flat Panda looked a little dizzy afterward.
Sarah had to hold onto Flat Panda for a while so he could rest from the rides.
We decided to take a short boat ride in a paddle boat. Flat Panda enjoyed the slow pace, but Sarah was ready to be done.
Then we started our walk back toward the hotel. The walkway was lined with palm trees and beautiful tropical flowers and plants.
Some of the pretty flowers.
A big Ficus tree.
Flat Panda wanted to climb a small Palm tree.
We finally made it back to the hotel. It was a lot of walking on a warm and humid day, and Abby was tuckered out! She took a good nap and bounced back to normal.
This is Abby's new friend. She is being adopted by the other family here with us in Nanning. She is six years old.
Our guide told us that this is statues of Ox poop. Yes, you read that right. Hmmmm. This is the Year of the Ox and I guess it has something to do with the fact that the Ox poop helps the flowers grow. Other than that, I really didn't understand the significance. But they were pretty and lots of people were getting there pictures taken with them, so we did too.
Here is Flat Panda climbing a Ficus Tree. Because this is a tropical area, lots of plants and flowers grow well here.
Here are some of the pretty Peach Blossoms throughout the park.
Another area of the park had many statues in different Kung Fu poses. They were so cute!
Abby is posing like the statue.
Can't quite get her leg exactly like his. 
Here is the big Ox. He's everywhere!
Abby is feeding the fish.
In the distance, we see a big pagoda on top of a hill.
So Flat Panda, Abby and Abby's cousin climbed to the top!! Here he is on the Fourth floor.
Wow! That's a tall Pagoda! Nine stories up.
We ate at Pizza Hut after the park. Oops, we forgot to take a picture there. But we did get a picture with the Taxi driver who took us back to the Hotel.
Flat Panda and everyone is resting now.
The Chinese people have just celebrated Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival as they call it, and all the decorations are still up. This is the Year of the Ox in their Zodiac calendar.
Next stop was the Forbidden City located right behind the building in the previous picture.
There are many buildings and statues in the Forbidden City. When China was ruled by emporers, this is where he lived with all his servants.
Because of the recent Olympics, many of these buildings are newly restored and painted. They were very colorful.
A statue in the emporer's garden.
Next, we went to a Silk Factory demonstration store. The bottom floor had silk rugs for sale. The one that Flat Panda was trying out only cost $8000 (US). It took two-and-a-half years to make by hand. It has more than eight thousand knots per square inch!!
Upstairs, they demonstrated how they get the silk threads from the silk worms.
Here is the various stages of the silk worm. Lovely!
Flat Panda visiting with his Silk Panda friends.
Next, he tried on some new silk pajamas! They were a little big.
Back in the bus, Abby fell asleep. She had woken up around 4AM and never went back to sleep. This time change difference is hard to overcome!
She slept all through lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe in Beijing. Mommy had nachos. Similar but not entirely the same as in America. The cheese was definately different!
Here's Abby's hot dog and fries. We had them wrapped to go.
Then we went to the airport. Most of our group was flying to a different city on an early flight, so we had to hang out for four hours waiting for our plane to leave. We met some new friends at a play area in the airport. We couldn't pronounce their names but they were very friendly!
Next up, Abby meets her new sister!! She can't wait. We're going in about an hour.
