Danziger eventually made his way, by hook and by crook, to Beijing. In the end, passing through Hong Kong, he returned to Britain. Over 18 months, he had spent a mere £ 1000.
行前，丹斯格就先交待好「後事」，表明此行若有不測，都是自己的選擇；幸好他一路「招搖撞騙」、安全無虞地到了北京，最後經由香港回到英國，歷時 18 個月，只花了 1,000 英鎊（以今日匯率來估算，約為 6 萬元台幣）。