On Thursday evening, we flew out towards Inner Mongolia for today's wedding. We were picked up by one of Yan's (now legendary) relatives and his brother-in-law. Sadly neither seemed entirely sure where we were going, but a couple of hours later we arrived in Yan's home town north of Yinchuan city. The landscape is flat as a pancake, with the exception of a random short range of mountains. After a 1am rendez vous on the outskirts of town with Marc, Yan and Yan's dad we were escorted to our hotel. Apparently, the government hotels don't do double beds, so we have two 1.5 size beds in our room. Have slept soundly the first night, I think we may need to sleep in separate beds tonight after Eve fell out last night!
It's pretty rural here and people aren't all that used to white faces. The owner of the restaurant we were at last night insisted on taking our picture so that he can use it for his marketing.
Friday brought with it a trip to the Sand Lake - basically a big lake in a desert with quad bikes, dune buggies and sand slides. Brilliant fun. Yan's relative was our guide and he came into his own at lunch - turns out that he enjoys a drink or two and particularly enjoys toasts which end with people downing their beers (to be almost instantly re-filled). Swimming is another favourite past time of his - although, he is slightly frustrated that it's only abroad that he can swim naked.
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