FREEDOM!!

Front Entrance of our complex 

RELEASE THE ELY'S!!!

We have met all the requirements for PRC quarantine and are no longer considered a potential threat to the health and safety of the country. Here are our last pics in captivity and our first breaths of fresh air!!!

Quarantine fun

Pizza!!!

Thank goodness there are directions for my coco balls

Organizing

Lingnan Courtyard

First of many

They didnt forget their love of collecting nature

Building 13

Happy to be OUT

Turtles live in that

:)

The one and only...

First day of school

Last minutes!!!

This school is something else.

We made it... We love and miss you. We will talk soon. 

 

Halfway to FREEDOM!!!

Hey All! Somehow we were able to finagle HOME ISOLATION! We still have to isolate here in our apartment until October 28 at 1600, but we get to be in different rooms and settle in. It was quite a hustle to get all of our JUNK out of the hotel room and to our 21st floor apt, but we did it...

First time out of the room in 8 days

Our Temp Checker Lady, Windflowers, helped us with the application process and got us approved! 

The van they picked us up in was weighed to the ground with our luggage. 

The parking garage of our new home! Bye EMTs that dropped us off!

First view off our balcony. 

Lea's room

Cora's room

Sunrise

Noon

Sunset

First breakfast

The note posted on our front door. 

The note posted on our front door (translated through the wechat app... not well) 

We will miss you little guy, thanks for eating the bugs in our hotel room! 

Hopefully the next time I post we will be OUTSIDE!!! Love and miss you all!

Entry to the Middle Country

We have arrived in the Middle Country! Internet has been a bit of a struggle thus far, but we seem to have gotten a semi-stable connection at the moment so I am dropping this like it's hot. After 51+ hours of travel, we are officially quarantining (real quarantining, not social distancing quarantining). 14 days and we will hopefully be out of here. Enjoy some images from the journey. 

SFO Airport on the way out. Flight to Incheon Airport, South Korea.

Baggage Check

Here we go...

The plane to Korea was probably 30% full. Korea Air was really good.  

Incheon Airport is pretty cool...

The girls were excited to meet AIRSTAR, until they did. 

Boarding flight #2

Many people were dressed like this. We wore our masks the entire journey, but forgot the hazmat suits. 

The flight from Korea was 100% full.

Waiting for processing at Baiyun Airport, Guangzhou. It took us 5.5 hours from landing to get to our quarantine hotel. 

Contact tracing processing round #132. There is a legit difference between US and China handling of the CoVid-19. 

Line to get on a bus to the hotels

The kids (and the other kids nearby) finished the entire Lion King during the wait. 

Welcome to Guangzhou

we FINALLY made it to a bus. Oh how we missed the Chinese buses. 

Alright Cora!

Last outside moments for two weeks!

This was our original room. We were able to change to another one. But it isn't much bigger. 

First round of delivered food. 3x a day they set a bag of food like this outside our door, knock and run. We have no choice, there is no menu and we haven't received a single napkin yet. 

Anyway, here we are. Waiting it out for another 12 days. October 28 (China Time) is our expected release date. We are here. If you want to reach out, send an email and we will be happy to hear from you. Our spirits are high and we are doing our best to stay busy. I am going to try and start teaching today, but who knows. 

We love and miss you all. Until next time!