Watching Rachel Grow

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Catching a taxi to Bin Bin Plaza and an outdoor local wholesale market for shop owners/buyers

Yesterday I went to the White Swan jewelry store to see Shao Hong "Little Red" my beautiful new friend. She took me by the hand and out of the White Swan and down a nearby side street. She doesn't speak English & I don't speak Cantonese - only a little Mandarin - but we clicked - she calls it "Destiny". She took me to the back of an apartment w/ bars on the windows and began talking inside to someone. Then, out came her daughter Cindy who I also know and love. The two of them talked briefly in Cantonese. Her daughter explained to her that I had just stopped by to say "hi" and ask if she was doing well and remarked that I was going out shopping for some more feminine blouses other than my tank tops. All the while Baba and Rachel slept. The next thing I knew - they were walking me to a nearby corner and we were hailing a cab and going to a mall that Cindy said not too many are aware of (tourists). She said that it was a wholesale mall for shop owners and buyers. I bought four beautiful blouses for approx $50 US and then we took a cab back to hotel - just in time - for Princess was just getting her diaper changed and woke up from her nap :) So, thus the next day (today's pics are from my prior trip experience with my new friends) Baba and Baby and Mama went out for a new suitcase for the gifts and last minute souvenirs we had accumulated.


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