TB is Good, Consulate Complete and Now we Wait:)

Well, the Mexican dinner was a bust:(  We were driven to the area the restaurant was supposed to be located, but no one could point us to where it was. We walked up and down the area/district but could not find it so we took a cab back to the hotel and had a bowl of noodles since it was too late for ordering in or going to the restaurant in the hotel.  We also did not want McDonald's since we had to have that for lunch.

The TB tests came back clear - whew!  We were in and out in about 5 minutes and the other 3 families in our group were there for their full medicals so it gave us time to walk the island some more.  We ran into Jordon again and he was so happy to meet Kaitlyn:)  He thanked me for sending business his way - apparently some people stopped in and mentioned that we suggested his store.  He is so worried about business with the closing of the White Swan.  I told him that many people appreciate his calligraphy and will be sure to stop by.

Then, we went to the Pearl Market which is actually a huge shopping plaza.  We bought the girls a jade pendant and found some fantastic deals on movies so we bought several.  We grabbed lunch at KFC and unfortunately had to wait longer than expected for the pendants to be done.  By that time the line for a taxi was extremely long!  There was one other family with us so we decided to try all areas of the street since no taxi would stop by the waiting line.  After about an hour we finally got one to stop and since it looked like rain we didn't want to leave the other family behind so 9 of us climbed into a teeny taxi!  We looked like the clowns climbing into the VW Bug:)  It was a long, uncomfortable, sweaty ride back to the hotel - but we made it and we brought smiles to many people's faces along the way!  My back is still paying for it today!

Today we had our consulate appointment.  We left at 7:45 a.m. and were back on the bus around 9:15.  We circled around the block a few times since we were the first family done and we had to wait for the other families to complete their process.  We got back to the hotel and Jadyn took a nap, but once she woke up we decided to go back to the market from yesterday to pick up a few more movies (since we made sure that they actually played) and a couple other items.  We went early enough that we didn't have to worry about getting a taxi today; we got one right away:)

The girls wanted a noodle & sausage dish from 7/11 for lunch and Jadyn got a hot dog wrapped in a roll; Jerry and I grabbed sandwiches from Starbuck's. 

Here are some pictures from the last couple of days -