He had to make a stopover in New York on his way back to Brazil from Taiwan. That gave him the opportunity to meet two of the greatest teachers in modern China, Hu Shih and Lin Yu-tang, and he maintained contact with the latter for quite a long time.
當時巴西到台灣需經紐約，黎嘉德也因此被引見拜會了民國史上的兩位大師──胡適和林語堂，並與後者長久保持聯繫。