Joey has grown tired of the Western world and found love in a remote village in Pala. From the outset he has good intentions and embarks on a search for a better, more purposeful life. With the help of his Palanese wife Eva, he does his best to assimilate and become accepted. The book is about the ups and downs of assimilation, Joey's ardent desire to absorb new culture and traditions and his dream to become one with the new landscape which he loves. In all this, he meets eco-minded Mike, a larger-than-life Aussie larrikin who dreams of making the tropics what they once were before western products and ideas littered the once virgin landscape. This book is about giving and taking - Joey realises his gift back to the local people is to help them relinquish their growing addiction to capitalist values and consumerist waste. He will bring something to the Palanese; and they will bring something special to him: the spiritual transformation that helps him transition into a new way of living.
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