Planning the trip

We made our plane reservations today--we leave 8/23 at 10:03 am and after many stops, including a layover in Tokyo Japan,  we arrive in Beijing at 10:30 pm on 8/24. We will sightsee in Beijing for 2 days. We are definitely going to the Great Wall and Forbidden city--also a few other places. Whatever we can squeeze into 2 days! On 8/27 we fly to Guangdong Province which is in Southern China--close to the South China Sea. We will stay in Guangzhou--the capital of Guangdong and also where the American Consulate is located. We are lucky that she is in the Province where we have to end up any way!! Most go to their child's Province and then have to fly again to Guangzhou to wrap everything up at the American Consulate. We finally get Lila on 8/29!!! Her orphanage is 3 hours from where we are staying. Hopefully, if the orphanage gives us permission, we will be able to visit and see where Lila spent the first 14 months of her life. Most are able to visit. We are in Guangzhou until 9/7 which is when our Consulate appointment is--we have to stay for 24 hrs then take a train to Hong Kong which is not far from where we are staying and on 9/9 begin our journey home!!