We started out at 7:30am from Yangshuo to catch the 10am flight from Guilin to Guangzhou. In Guangzhou, we waited for our flight to Nanchang for over 3 ½ hours beyond the scheduled take-off time. At one point, it looked like we might not get to Nanchang for Elizabeth’s and Hannah’s orphanage visits due to bad weather!! We were freaked-out, to say the least, as this was the primary reason we were making this trip. We were all loaded onto the plane, then we were all asked to unload and wait in the passenger lounge for another hour. Luckily, Ginger noticed that the jetway sign no longer listed Nanchang as the plane’s destination and she ran to the flight attendant to learn that they had already given the final flight call and were about to close the jetway door! They had never announced this in English, so we were oblivious. They closed the jetway door right after we boarded the plane. Finally, the monsoonal rain cleared, and we eventually got to Nanchang around 8pm (original departure time was 4pm!). Our family just had to get to the Gloria Hotel in downtown Nanchang 45 minutes away, while Ginger’s family had to travel another 3-4 hours by car to get to Hannah’s orphanage city! Boy we were beat, but we made it!
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