The best laid plans…

Despite our plans to provide frequent blog updates on our travels and to keep in contact with our families by Skype and YouTube, fate has other plans. Blogspot and YouTube are both banned sites here in Guangzhou. They weren’t in Shanghai and we hope they aren’t in Beijing but we’ve been given the impression that they are. Internet is also a bit of a challenge as it’s quite expensive in the hotel ($18/day). We can get free internet access at Starbucks 2 blocks away but packing up a baby so early in the morning to take her to a ‘boring’ coffee shop and sit in front of a computer is proving to be a challenge. Maya has other plans for her mornings… Plus, the weather has not been good so we’re having to try to do this around torrential downpours. In the interim, we’ve been sending our blog entries to Christine’s sister by email to post on our behalf. Sending photos for the blog has been ‘iffy’ so far.