The end of August and September provided the opportunity to travel to China to provide some enterprise education consultancy and training. Plus, with the added benefits of meeting with friends and research colleagues based in Beijing, which was good timing as I am currently working on two revise and resubmits with colleagues in Beijing This trip led me to Chengdu and Beijing. The time in Chengdu was spent at Chengdu Polytechnic and Sichuan Post and Telecommunications College.
The visit to Chengdu provided the perfect opportunity for spicy food and hotpot. Over the course of the 17 days in China I managed to have hotpot on four occasions, so there was lots of excellent spicy food. I enjoy visiting Chengdu as it is a vibrant city with lots of colour and light, but it is still possible to find some quiet spots to watch the world go by. Whilst, there was no time to see pandas, there was time to watch a Bian Lian ‘Face Changing’ show and drink tea and have my ears cleaned in Renmin Park.
The trip provided a good bump into the new academic year, which I am now preparing to head back for.
Robin Bell 