mi familia en guangzhou :)

during my trip in guangzhou last week i was able to see my cousins/uncle/aunt and meet some new "old relatives"- my grandfathers younger sister and her family! it was pretty sweet- i never met them before but they took me in and treated me like their own... here's some pictures from my time with them:

my uncle, janet, aunt, and charlotte (their english names hehe)














hanging out w/ my cousin and her friends at a park (gettin ready for the year of the cow!)















pictures of my great grandfather- 1895 (a good looking chap!) and my grandfathers family- 1957














me, jenny (their grandaughter) and my great aunt/uncle- so cute!!














beautiful city!














it was a good time of rest and getting to see another city too- it's much much different than nanchang! as my teammates would say... big cities like guangzhou would be like LA and nanchang is like Boise, Idaho... but i still like it better- it's like the "real" china :) .. i think i had some culture shock visiting that city too.. i used an actual shower instead of shoilet for the first time in a while, drove in taxis that drove on the right side of the road, ate mcdonalds and japanese food, and saw many "laowai's" -foreigners!... it was slightly overwhelming and strange to be somewhere very different but i'm glad to be back home in nanchang for a bit until i'm headed off to thailand next week!!