When Mark Heyward first went to Indonesia, to teach at asmall school in East Kalimantan, little did he realise how life changing hisdecision would prove to be. Within three years his Australian life would bebehind him and he would be travelling, with fellow adventurers, across remoteIndonesian Borneo. The story of that remarkable expedition a true traveladventure coalesces with the author's longer journey into the complex heartof Indonesia. It is a journey that spans two decades, that takes the readerfrom a treasured childhood in Tasmania to a new life in the world's mostpopulous Muslim nation. Along the way the author travels from one end of thearchipelago to the other, from the jungles of Kalimantan to the riots andpolitical turmoil of Jakarta. When he meets and falls in love with Sopan, hemust make another life changing decision.