A View of China

Everybody has been asking me if I was able to see anything in China. Now, I have to tell you that I was only there for about 24 hours, but I did take a few pictures that I am willing to share.

This is the plane that I flew in to and from Tokyo, Japan. It was a 12 hour-ish flight each way. In Tokyo, we boarded another plane, much smaller than this one to ride for 5 more hours before reaching Guangzhou, China.

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Here is the view outside my bedroom window of the city. Most of the buildings you see are other high rise apartments in the neighborhood. My room was on the 14th floor.

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While walking toward the bank early Saturday morning, we passed this "high-class customizing car wash." You know the kind that we Americans would pay $30+ to get our cars detailed. Only instead of an automatic drive through car wash, these guys were doing it ALL by hand.

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That evening, we had dinner on a boat tour down the Pearl River. It was a very nice restaurant, with authentic Chinese decor and waiters and food. While everything in Guangzhou is very modern, this was the most "Chinese" looking thing I saw while I was there.

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Finally, on this boat trip we traveled down the Pearl River. It runs pretty much straight through town. Each bank was littered with skyscrapers and mansions decked out in neon lights. In the pitch dark, it was beautiful!

I don't know that I will ever make it back to China, but I do know, now, that God had a plan for this visit...His was not the same agenda as mine, but it was worth something to God for me to go.