Well we made it back to China.

Brief worries at Bangkok airport when the check-in staff ummed and arred over our work visas and made us sign a waiver to say if we’re refused entry to China the airline (Sri Lankan) won’t take us back to Thailand for free.

We were picked up at the airport by staff from the school (NCIST: North China Institute of Science and Technology) who took us back to the campus and our flat for the next 4 months.

Technically the school is not in Beijing but just inside the neighbouring province of Hebei but apparently just a 39 minute bus ride from Beijing center. We’ll find out more about that journey when we go into Beijing this weekend.

As we approached the flat it looked like a pretty run down 1960′s block but once we got inside we were relieved to see that whilst little had been improved on the outside the flat itself was fairly modern.

We spent the last few days shopping for essentials and cleaning the flat. Now we’ve unpacked it’s starting to feel a bit more like home.

Teaching starts next week, for now we’re just relaxing and settling in.