April 8, Another rough day

Today Chloe was still feeling very ill, so we opted to skip out on the trip to the museum of minority groups of the Guangxi Province. Instead, we decided to take our first taxi ride into the city and to the department store to shop. The baby department was on the fourth floor and there wasn't much selection. We ended up purchasing a couple of outfits and some socks and then headed over to Pizza Hut again for lunch.

Afterward, we went to the basement where there is a supermarket, kind of like a superstore market with cell phones and watches and other items besides just groceries. Each aisle had about 4 employees dressed in uniforms. Usually one was organizing or stocking shelves while the other 3 just stood around. There were more employees than customers. It was very interesting and it was obvious that labor must be very inexpensive.

The rules of driving here are very different than in the US. Everyone just merges out into the traffic....... cars, motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians. No one waits for it to be clear, they just all move into the flow. Amazingly, there doesn't appear to be very many accidents. And taking a taxi is very simple.

We then went back to the hotel and took a nap. After we all awoke, we decided to try some time in the park. Chloe was very unhappy and we thought this might perk her up. No such luck. We soon learned that the folks who went to the museum had just returned and had a very hot sweaty unpleasant time. They said we didn't miss much. I don't think Chloe or I would have survived it. After two very sick sad days with Chloe, we are hopeful that tomorrow will bring something better.