Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Part One Borneo/Kalimantan -- East Timor -- Samarinda -- Into Dyak country -- Into the wilderness -- The lost helicopter -- Brides with a difference -- Spirit signals -- The christening -- Mansur's new life -- A lifeline to the world -- A thirst for knowledge -- The rules of the game -- The Fenton zoo -- Life at the beach -- The art of the helicopter -- The beach house -- Monkeys -- Balikpapan -- Pay, pack and follow -- A new life -- Part Two Java -- Farewell to Semarang -- Kartika's portrait -- The Affandi family art show -- Return to Pelantungan -- The Melbourne Cup and the Witch Doctor -- Bataks and the mystic woman -- The Chinese in Semarang -- Kartika and the Affandi family -- The emptiness of foreigners -- Trouble in Timor -- The business of pleasure -- The wedding -- The ways of the Javanese -- Pelantungan, the women's political prison -- The nation's food bowl -- Communication -- Mansur the engineer -- Beggars in Semarang -- The disappearing children -- Helicopter picnic -- Censorship -- The circumcision -- Saleh -- Semarang -- The move to Java -- Part Three Bali -- Restless spirit -- Return to Bali -- Accident report -- Black Cross Funerals -- The Day of the Dead -- The suitcase -- Outrageous fortune -- The exorcism -- The trial -- Black magic -- Saleh and the pub problems -- The naturalist's wife -- Hans Mochtar -- Queen of the Water Palace -- An honorary consul -- The Legian Pub -- My brother's blessing -- Made to measure -- Bad omens in paradise -- A short biography.

Biographical Account The Author's Years In Indonesia During The 1960s.

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