Well, I finally have obtained access to the internet since arriving in Nanning and now in Beihai. Shuai's family connections again appear endless. We arrived in Nanning to be picked up by one of his cousins living there. She took us out to eat where we met up with another cousin, and we were invited to stay in her husbands vacant apartment for free. They invited us out both nights to go to KTV and/or clubs, and we had a great time. His male cousin then invited us out to dinner at a restaurant where he knew the manager and again we went out to KTV afterwards. Then came Beihai.
Shuai, his cousin and I took a bus down and right as we got off the one of her connections and his driver picked us up in his car. From there we went out to a traditional Chinese dinner. A large group of important business men/government officials/me sitting around a massive table with a rotating center with piles of food on it. And copious amounts of liquor, wine and cigarettes. For the next three to four hours, all that went on was drinking, chain smoking, and eating. People were constantly walking around the table and toasting each other, and as is Chinese custom, everyone drank one by one with everyone. It was quite an entertaining evening and an amazing way to eat dinner. If only the Hendrix cafeteria was more like that.
After dinner, we were taken to our hotel that we got put in for free. Beach front and costs over 500 kuai a night. Beihai is beautiful and I'm sad that I'll be leaving tomorrow. But then I get to post more, so I'm sure my mass readership will be glad to hear that. Time to go out for the night, though.
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