Day 15: Say "Bye Bye" to China.

This morning we ventured by cab to Carrefour, the local chain grocery store.  It is like a superwalmart spread out over several floors.  We went to get some snacks for the plane and to see if I could get some of those Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf comic books to bring along (and maybe a DVD or 2...).  (I have hidden the goat phone.  So far she hasn't asked for it-and you can say I am being mean because I would not understand what she would be asking for, but trust me when I say we do not speak the same language but she gets her point across despite the language barrier.  I have no doubt that she would be able to tell me that she wants her phone.  No doubt at all.)  We did not find any comic books or DVDs, but  we did find some crazy goat spoons, markers, and a sheet set, and we had no problems finding some snacks.  

The little stinker under the desk.  She is very fluent in the iPhone-especially the camera/video portion.  She has also figured out how to tape and take pictures of herself-I should upload some on here-they are hilarious.

Full service here at Carrefour.  First stop-hair cut.  In the middle of the aisle??? 

If she won't smile when we say "cheese," we can just tickle the heck out of her. 

You can take your cart down a downward sloping escalator.  There are these crazy magnets in the floor that prevent it from rolling forward.  It is the best.  We could have gone up and down there for hours...they are even better than the escalators in the lobby of our hotel.  :)

We were laughing-if we had steel-toed shoes, how would that work??

They actually sell Lipton tea in China.  I just found this funny.

We have 3 or 4 kinds of Lays/Pringles at home.  These were "gourmet" flavored.

BBQ and seaweed flavored.

Finger licking braised pork flavor. 

Green cucumber flavor.

Bulk jello.

I debated about whether to include this one-but it is too funny to pass up.  Please don't take offense to this, but the top right in the picture above is this kind of jello.  LOL

My kinda girl.  Original Pringles.  Good choice...

1/4 of the ramen noodles aisle...

another 1/4th...

Now-I am all about sauerkraut on my Marion's pizza at home (don't knock it until you try it, it is delicious).  But in ramen noodles??? 

Shopping with Jim Carey.  At least it felt like it...Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest.  Ha!

Chilling.  Instead of helping mom pack. 

Again-procrastinating...

Finally I was able to stop them from calling me in to take their pictures in these crazy poses, and I finished packing. 

Saying goodbye to Maggie and Jason. 

Maggie and Jason had arranged for Chloe's family and the 3 of us to take a van to Hong Kong.  Unfortunately, we were in separate vans, so we didn't get to hang out during the ride on our last full day together.  Our driver was very, very sweet.  He heard Zoey mention "neow neow" which means she has to use the restroom-and he pulled off at the next gas station without any prompting.  We had to exit the vehicle to go through customs and leave China, then we went through a toll plaza to enter Hong Kong.  During the transition between the 2 countries, we went through this crazy maze of on and off ramps, and suddenly we were driving down the highway on the WRONG side of the road.  On purpose.  They drive on the right side in China, and on the left in Hong Kong.  We figured something was up when we got into the van and the steering wheel was on the right.  I had no idea it was doing to be mid-travel (which makes sense, but it was still a little disconcerting).

Bye Bye China...

Beautiful scenery on the way out of China.  Yes, that would be a nuclear reactor. 

We are off the mainland and in Hong Kong.  And we found out our flight home tomorrow has been canceled. 

Hmmm...wonder what there is to do here during the day while we wait an extra 24 hours for our plane ride home...hmmm...I can't actually write it here, because when Sam and Meghan find out that there is one of "those parks" here and we went, and they didn't, I am going to hear about it FOREVER.  But I think that this might be our way to introduce Zoey to our little Disn*y obsession.  It is only 10 minutes away from our hotel.  It would be a bigger crime NOT to go.  Gotta run - tickets to book, maps to study, fast pass info to research...  :)