Ni Hao from China!

I should have said Ni Hao on my first post, but I didn't think of it because I was distracted about trying to get the pictures to post.   The air seems so very foggy all the time, but it is air polution due to the area being a big coal producing area.  The people here like to honk their horns, it was constant honking during the day. During the middle of the night it is very quiet however.  All the people seem nice here and very curious because they don't see a lot of foreigners around. We got a different room today because the room they gave us yesterday is at the end of the hall and it is the smallest one on the floor.  Our guide asked them to find another room for us so now we have a lot more room (for the same price). Becky and I went shopping with Bill (our guide) while the guys went for haircuts.  We found a mall of sorts right across the street and scoped the place out.  We will be going back after we get the boys, lots of kids clothes, shoes, smocks, socks, and lots of other things. This 'mall' is like a big open room where 'shop owners' rent a booth to sell their merchandise.  Sorry I didn't take pictures of the mall, but I did take the picture of the man out front sweeping the sidewalk.  (He quickly decided to go get a shovel as the snow was a bit to thick for a broom.)  Then the other picture is the front of our hotel .