It seems you can leave China but you can’t get the China out of you. It has been only 3 and a half months since I left China. But I had the opportunity to return to facilitate some enterprise education workshops. The process of getting a visa was complex as I had to get my last visa cancelled before getting a new one. This made for 3 trips to London, which allowed for the opportunity to explore places I hadn’t visited in London for several years and dovetailed with attending the Aviva Premiership rugby final last weekend.
Getting back to Beijing offered me the chance to visit some of my favourite locations and bars. Although, I only had one evening in Beijing, which made for quite a rushed late afternoon and evening. I found myself walking around familiar streets and locations looking at the changes and similarities and feeling nostalgic. But I managed to find time to visit Jing-A like old times for some, so this made for a nice evening before starting the next 14 days of adventures in China. It seems with China I never know when I will return or when I will leave, but it always finds a way to return.
Robin Bell 