Leaving for the Project Shine STM in Guangxi, China

Cathay Pacific - always our preferred airline for flying to Asia

Google is not allowed in China, therefore I could not log on to write my blog for the past two weeks. We just landed in Hong Kong now so I can catch up on what has happened over the past two weeks.

Project Shine Day 1 - July 5 

What a busy past few days! We got the house cleaned and  ready for J. to be back from Asia anytime while we would be away for the next few weeks. He called us the day before we left for our trip and we did as much as we could to get the house ready. Good thing we have a great neighbor who will look after our mails and mow our lawn while we are away.

The M & M Store in the Hong Kong airport

We got to the airport before 10:30pm on Wednesday evening and met up with Rosanna; we met her son and daughter in law and Rebecca and the rest of the gang, Pauline and George whose parents, brother and sister were there to see him off. What a supportive family for his experience in China!

Cathy Pacific is always our preferred airline when we travel to Asia.

One of the cultural exhibits at the HK airport

 The plane took off around 1:45am and it was a huge one fully loaded with passengers. Rosanna was sitting with us.

 After watching a few documentaries and chatting with our friend, we landed in  HK at around 5:30am.

Hong Kong Harbour as viewed from our plane - one of the busiest seaports in the world 

Shanghai Airport

While waiting for our connecting flight for a few hours, we ate the famous wonton before catching our connecting flight  to Shanghai via China Eastern Airline departing from HK at 9:45am.


















We had a few hours at the Shanghai airport.

We enjoyed a mini art show at the onsite art gallery.

Shanghai Airport , a clean and busy airport

We left Shanghai airport at 3:45pm, arriving to Nanning around 6:30pm.

I sat by the window seat both times and had a good view of China from the sky for a few hours.

I looked out of the window and was amazed by what I saw.

Though having flown numerous times across the different continents, I had never seen such stunning 3 D cloud formations.

I was mesmerized by the various shapes and forms of the clouds that shaped like a city above the sky.


I must have looked out of the window for the entire time during our flight. It was absolutely spendid!

Nanning Airport, Nanning, Guangxi, China

Watching the clouds and taking pictures kept me busy for the entire flight. Before long, we landed in Nanning, in the province of Guangxi, China.

We met up with Deakin and some teammates arriving from Beijing at the Shanghai Airport. We learned that Wayne’s flight from Beijing was delayed.

Our team arriving at Nanning Airport

Later we learned that there were lots of problems  for those people going to Nanning via this route and we must remember not to connect flights at the Beijing Airport  next time.

Our first meal as a team together in Nanning, China

After checking into the hotel in Nanning, we had our first meal together as a team at the hotel's restaurant.

The Toronto. Vancouver and Calgary team met up for the first time 

It was quite a trip getting to Nanning, which not our final destination yet. Though already taken a number of flights, we still need to take a five hour bus ride to get to the rural remote town.

We travelled for more than 30 hours and as soon as I hit the bed, I was sound asleep in a few minutes.

R.T.

Nanning
Guangxi, China