Golden Prince Hotel, Jingan China
Room 3330

Hi Everyone,
  Our trip from Singapore was as smooth as could be.  Everything was on time except for a 30 minute traffic jam on the runway at the Budget Terminal at Changi Airport in Singapore.  Budget travel means that you pay for all of your food, but other than that I didn’t see any difference.  We sailed through customs and immigration in Macau and then at the Macau border with China.  It was a bit tricky communicating with the taxi driver in Zhuhai as Randal and I never thought to bring a card for our hotel in Jingan.  This seems so much like home that we didn’t think we needed any "help" to get around.  But our driver was game and only flinched for a second when Randal jumped out at a red light to go to the ATM.  We hadn’t been able to make ourselves understood that we needed a bank.  But since I stayed in the taxi and pointed, he caught on quickly.  Lucky for us.
  We were greeted by new and old friends at the Golden Prince Hotel in Jingan.  Our room is very comfortable with a super flat screen TV, small fridge, electric kettle and lots of room.  It even has a second quilt to either put over us or under us since Chinese beds are very firm.
   We weren’t sure what the weather would feel like to us.   But as I type this in our room on Randal’s computer, I’m sitting by an open window while wearing a sleeveless shirt.  I do have on long jeans and socks and I wore my Red Sox hoodie outside.  If it doesn’t get colder, then in some ways the weather is quite a perfect change from our constant sun and heat.  It’s probably somewhere in the mid-60s but we’re used to mid to high 80s.
  Tonight we’re having dinner with friends Bill and Stella and our young friend Singkey and her parents.  Other evenings will be spent with BoBo and Zoey and families.  It’s a real treat to see our Chinese friends again.  We email, but meeting again here in China creates more wonderful memories. 
  I’ll take lots of photos but will have to wait to I’m at my computer to send them
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness," according to Mark Twain.  But it seems to be a cure-all for whatever had been ailing Randal on Rebak Island.  He’s definitely back to his perky self.

  So that’s it for now.

Ru