Table of Contents

Letting Go (Fremantle to Darwin)

Independence Day (Darwin to Bali)

Temples and Apes (Bali to Borneo)

Running the Milk Run (Singapore to Malaysia to Thailand)

Limes and Lotus Islands (Thailand to Sri Lanka)

Islands in the Sun (Sri Lanka to the Maldives to Chagos)

Islands in a Storm (Chagos to Seychelles to Kenya)

Into Africa (Kenya)

It Takes Two to Tanga (Tanzania)

Going Home (Tanzania to Australia)

About the Author

Mari Rhydwen is a citizen of the world. She was raised in North Wales, studied in anthropology and linguistics in London and Cambridge, and practised Zen meditation for a year in Japan. She moved to Australia and completed her doctoral research on Aboriginal literacy and language change, living and working in remote communities in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. She has held a number of research and teaching positions at universities in WA. In 2001 she won first prize in the international Economist/Shell essay competition. She is currently active in refugee support groups, thinking about moving to the Kimberley, and continuing to explore (and write about) the Australia that can still hear itself breathe.