Seeing Asa's Orphanage

Hi, this is Annika, and I'm telling you about our adventure at Asa's orphanage.  The drive was kind of long, and I got kind of tired of driving by the time we got there.  The place where the orphanage is isn't as crowded as it is at the hotel.  It looks like it is in the forest a little bit.  When we were walking down the path, we walked by a place that looked like a big pasture.

Along the way, we saw trees with green bananas that weren't yellow yet.  We were pretending to try to get to them.

This is us standing by the gate to enter the orphanage.

This is a picture of the map of the orphanage.  You would think that an orphanage would be only one building, but Asa's orphanage is lots of buildings close together.  There was a hospital and different buildings for different ages of kids.  About one thousand kids are still at Asa's orphanage.

 This is the play room that Asa used to play in with the other kids.

 This one is the dance and music room.  We met Asa's teacher for his preschool and his nanny.

 The lady in the middle is the nanny, and the one on the right side is our guide named Kathy.  Asa got a little nervous when he saw the orphanage because he didn't want to stay there any more.  He hung onto Mom the whole time and wouldn't get down from her arms.

The orphanage people didn't let us take pictures of the kids, so that's why they aren't in any of the pictures.  We did take pictures of the rooms though.  Here is a picture of a bedroom.  Each bedroom had many beds very close together.  Cayanna is standing next to Asa's bed where he used to sleep.

 I'm glad I could tell you about our trip to the orphanage, and I'm glad we went.  I hope you're enjoying your spring break.  We are flying to Beijing tomorrow.  Zai Jian for now!