From Jodi:  Despite the continuing rain in Guangzhou, we have managed to get out and about in the city. This morning Eli, Mike and I explored the local fish market. It was clear that this wasn't a common destination for tourists, because we got many crazy looks and a lot of pointing and laughing. They were probably disgusted by our choice of shoes for the experience. Most of the people working there were wearing some sort of rain boot and this was the wise choice as we found ourselves trudging through puddles of fishy smelling water. Eli was wide-eyed the whole time and his father was equally excited. Mike is now very motivated to find a local seafood restaurant so we can try some of the interesting options.

Tonight we enjoyed a dinner cruise down the Pearl River. The views were great and it was fun to hang out with some of the other adoptive families that we've met up with here in Guangzhou. Eli loved riding on the boat and has now learned two more words in English--boat and fish. Liam and Rowan will be glad about this as it seems we will have another fisherman to add to the Shelhamer clan. The food on the cruise was less than great, but Mike managed to score a hot item on the Chinese menu...the chicken head. Because I told him that this was a much loved food item that couldn't go to waste, Mike did attempt to try the head. I say attempt because he wasn't quite sure what part of the head to go about eathing. He was reluctant to put the beak part in his mouth, so he went for the cheek instead. There was not actual biting done, as was also the case with the chicken foot earlier. He did put it in his mouth though and had a taste. I think Liam and Rowan will have to be the judge as to whether or not htis counts as "eating" a chicken head.