This morning we got up early and drove from Hanchuan to Wuhan. From Wuhan we took a flight to Guangzhou. In Guangzhou we were met by our guide, Philip, (or as he said, Old Mr. Wong) and our driver, young Mr. Wong. Next up was a 4 hour drive to Maoming from Guangzhou. Since our flight was delayed, we didn't arrive in Maoming until 10pm.
Much like the drive from Wuhan to Hanchuan - the drive from Guangzhou to Maoming was fiiled with farming of all kinds of fruits, vegetables and rice fields - but unlike the Hanchuan countryside the Maoming country side was several weeks ahead! The rice was already growing, bananas were ripening on the trees, and there were a lot more water buffalo to see.
Maoming city proper is about 600,000 people strong. But Maoming also includes 5 surrounding counties - which then boosts the population to 6 million.
We stayed at the Maoming International Hotel, a 5 star hotel, right in the center city - where the beds were NOT like sleeping on a slab of slate! Maoming is much more like a big city...we did not see any pony carts ;-)
Tomorrow we visit Ruthie's finding site and in the afternoon we visit Ruthie's orphanage.
Joyce 
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