Waiting on Travel Approval

We are in yet another waiting pattern....this one is for our official "okay to travel" issued by the Chinese Center for Adoption Affairs (CCAA). Once our agency receives this document, we will be able to request an appointment from the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou. With travel approval and a confirmed appointment in Guangzhou, we will be able to book airline tickets! Our itinerary will look something like this: Fly from San Francisco to Hong Kong, spend 2 days in Hong Kong. Fly from Hong Kong to Changsha, Hunan. GET MEREDITH!! Spend 4-5 days in Changsha. Fly to Guangzhou for 4-5 days. Either fly directly to L.A. from Guangzhou, or return to Hong Kong and fly back to S.F. and then home. We will be travelling with a group from our agency of approximately 10 families, all adopting from Hunan. Our agency is arranging all in-China accommodations and we will always have an escort, stay at 5 star hotels and be well taken care of - -they are terrific! Evidently there is no warning when these travel approvals arrive - they just show up in the mail, so we are anxious to receive them and hope that it won't be too much longer. We should have our travel visa's procured this week.