To China?

I'm not sure if I've mention before, but we bought plane tickets (back in July '07) from a Charity Auction. They were for San Fransisco, but hubs phoned the travel agent and asked if it's possible to use them for China. They said "No worries!"... course they said No Worries - China is alot closer the the US - hence it's cheaper for them!!! Anyway, they expire July 2008. Hubs (who doesn't follow the rumours/boards/cut off dates) was sure we'd be going to China by July 2008. Sadly, that appears quite unlikely. SO - what do we do with these tickets?!! We debated taking to kids to the US, but to be honest - it'd cost us thousands (lots of thousands) - so the other option is sticking with China, and doing a Family Holiday, early next year!

It's a sure-fire way to see the sights, we want to see (The Gre@t W@ll, Xian Terracotta Warriors, and H0ngK0ng D!sney), without the added pressure of being in a group, fitting in official appointments etc. On the adoption trip, it'd be unlikely that we'd go through Beij!ng and I figure if we're going to our daughter's country of birth - we should see the most popular landmark/attraction there!!! Yes, it will still cost a substantial amount of money, but with getting the kids there on Frequent Flyers, and our tickets already paid for - it's HEAPS less than the US option! We are looking at going in April. Winter will be over and the Olymp!cs will still be a few months away.

...Now that I've verbally expressed our plans... you watch, we'll be back for a few days, then have to leave again on our "daughter mission"!!! I don't care - if Murphys Law proves correctly - it'll still be a win-win situation... CC@A speed up, our kids get to see where the amazing country where their little sister was born.