Sorry to leave you hanging....

The taxi situation was a very confusing one, because first we were told there was not transport, then we were told that tourist could travel and no one would get "into trouble", but it seemed every time we went somewhere, Ministry, doctor, hotel we had to really negotiate for a taxi. This was not the case before, usually we would have a car waiting for us provided by Children's Home, or a taxi that waiting, but this time it seemed like they wanted to get away as soon as we got out. So everytime we had to find a new taxi and it also seemed that everytime they go smaller and smaller. We finally put Paul in the front seat and Clay in the back with Elizabeth and myself and the babies.

We arrived at the Dr. office, crossing the busy street which was not so busy but cars going much faster. The Doctor was out, due to be back at anytime. UGH... so we wait on the stairs. 15 minutes later here he was, very nice and apologizing for keeping us waiting. By the time he arrived there was a line of people waiting to see him. We walked in to his office, he had a large waiting room maybe 25 chairs and one door leading to his office. In his office he had two chairs, his desk, a stepon scale, and an examining table to laydown on. Nothing was clean, and his desk was a mess. I had flash backs of going to the dentist in India!

The doctor filled out the paperwork, we sat the girls on the scale to get their weight, he handed me a tape measure to try and see how long they were, he asked us their age and if we were happy with the girls. A rather strange question if you ask me. Then we had to go down the street and make two copies of all of all the forms and bring them back. He signed them and gave us the original copy in a envelope sealed only for the Embassy to open. Then we were finished.



We went back out to the street and hailed a new taxi and yes it was the smallest of them all. I kept telling Sujina not to get used to being held in a car because in America that doesn't happen.

We came back to the hotel and shared a bottle of wine between the four adults as the girls played on the floor. We now have all of our paperwork we need to take to the Embassy and we have an appointment there today at 1:30pm. Fingers crossed all will be well and go smoothly.