When Mark Heyward first went to Indonesia, to teach at a
small school in East Kalimantan, little did he realise how life changing his
decision would prove to be. Within three years his Australian life would be
behind him and he would be travelling, with fellow adventurers, across remote
Indonesian Borneo. The story of that remarkable expedition ? a true travel
adventure coalesces with the authors longer journey into the complex heart
of Indonesia. It is a journey that spans two decades, that takes the reader
from a treasured childhood in Tasmania to a new life in the worlds most
populous Muslim nation. Along the way the author travels from one end of the
archipelago to the other, from the jungles of Kalimantan to the riots and
political turmoil of Jakarta. When he meets and falls in love with Sopan, he
must make another life changing decision.
