Colt got to go on an overnight field trip to the highest point in GX province. This is a cool story. . . actually, this place is a protected nature reserve that they don’t allow foreigners into without going through an approval process which we didn’t know about in time. “Guanxi” (relationship) is a powerful thing in this culture though. . . once the other parents heard Colt wasn’t able to go they pulled out all their “guanxi” cards and someone had some pretty good “guanxi” with someone in the govt. who wrote an approval letter for him. One of the parents came and got Colt’s passport and took it and the letter to several offices to get stamps and complete the process. I was pretty touched that they did that for us. Unforgettable trip for various reasons!