We arrived safely at the Chongqing. We had no problem going through immigration. However, when we went through customs, Simon was detained. Apparently, the search dog had smelled something in Simon's suitcase. Simon opened the bag and the official checked it out. After examining the bag and asking Simon a series of questions, he let him go.
The other CCAI couples were wondering what had happened. They may have been thinking that we were trying to smuggle drugs or some other illegal substance into the country. It turns out that the dog had smelled the Chinese beef jerky that Stephanie had given to us as a gift the night before. Simon explained, and everyone had a good laugh. The moral of the story is "Don't bring beef jerky when you go to China!".
Marie, our CCAI representative at Chongqing, met us at the airport. We had a brief orientation on the bus to the hotel. She explained that the 9 babies would arrive at our hotel around 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. the next day.
Our hotel room is very nice. Our hotel, the Golden Resources Hotel, is a five star hotel in China which is equivalent to about 3.5 to 4 star accommodation in the States. The hotel room includes a baby crib and a baby tub.
Tomorrow is the big day! We better get some sleep.
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