Itinerary

Here it is:

We leave for Salt Lake airport at about 4pm Jan 29th for our China Southern airlines flight leaving for LAX at 7:47 pm

We have a few hours layover to get checked into our China Southern international flight and maybe grab a bite to eat before we leave at 11:50 pm for Guangzhou. We arrive in Guangzhou (GZ) at 6:50 am China time, Sunday Jan 31st, losing Saturday entirely. We have another couple of hours to make our domestic connection, also on China Southern, at 9:00 am for Wuhan. We arrive there at 10:30 am and check into our hotel.

Monday, Feb 1st we meet Holly and bring her back to our hotel

Tuesday, Feb 2nd we return to the civil affairs office and complete the adoption paperwork.

Wed and Thursday are free days.

Friday, Feb 5th we fly from Wuhan to GZ.

Saturday, Feb 6th will be full of details for Holly's US Visa, including having her picture taken and a medical exam which will involve her having to get all her immunizations all over again and having a TB test.

Sunday, Monday and Tuesday are free days, except for a trip to have her TB test looked at and if there is any indication of exposure, she will have to have a chest x-ray to rule out TB.

Wednesday, Feb 10th is the day our facilitator goes to the US consulate to complete our request for a Visa for Holly.

Thursday, Feb 11th we bring Holly to the consulate and swear that this is the child we requested. She will be granted a Visa.

Friday, Feb 12th, Holly's Visa will be issued, and we leave GZ at 9pm for LAX on our last China Southern flight.

Friday, Feb 12th- yep, it's still Friday, we arrive at LAX at 5:50 pm, essentially 3 hours before we left China. That day we lost on the way to China we get back in the form of living Friday night all over again. For us, it will be mid to late morning Saturday, but, in the US, it will be evening Friday. We will check into a hotel for some freshening up, some US food, and naps.

Saturday, Feb 13th, we head back to the airport at about 4am, to catch our 6:15 Delta flight to Salt Lake. We will be home by 9:15am.