← Back –   CH15C   – Next → YES, THERE IS A BALIBalinese Maiden One morning, after visiting Le Mayeur the night before, a tall young woman appeared at Theo’s house on the beach. She was very pretty, a young girl unconscious of
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← Back –   CH15B   – Next → YES, THERE IS A BALIGetting Used to It Two weeks after he settled in, a native approached him with a request to please paint mice on this white cloth-the cloth being intended for a small
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← Back –   CH15A   – Next → YES, THERE IS A BALIFinally Got There The Babi-Express cargo vessel that carried Theo from Singapore to the port of Singaraja on the north coast of Bali could not have arrived any sooner to suit
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← Back –   CH14   – Next → RETURN TO THE TROPICS Back in Singapore Theo took up Hans Burckhardt’s invitation to stay at his spacious home, and in return he painted landscape murals for his host. He did enjoy his time there.
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← Back –   CH13   – Next → HOME AGAIN IN SWITZERLAND Theo returned home to Basel with mixed emotions. He was pleased that he was able to repay his debt with the paintings he had promised. And he found, as he wrote
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← Back –   CH12   – Next → STOPOVER IN SINGAPORE In Hong Kong, Theo booked a passage to Marseille on the Japanese steamship Hakezaki Maru with a three-day stopover in Singapore, two days in Ceylon and another two days in Cairo. He
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← Back –   CH11B   – Next → FOOT LOOSE IN CHINADespondent, War-Torn Country Side The Chinese countryside was a land of deprivation. Not a living plant or bush existed. Theo made notes in his journal: “The Chinese can boast of 5,000 years
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← Back –   CH11A   – Next → FOOT LOOSE IN CHINAAdventure to the Hinterlands The British colony of Hong Kong was Theo’s first taste of a Chinese city, a city of noise, chaos and a million souls reaching out blindly in every
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← Back –   CH10   – Next → PARTING COMPANY Theo’s stay in Australia was very brief It was winter and the weather was cold and not to his liking. He had grown quite accustomed to the tropics and did not want to
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← Back –   CH9B   – Next → LIFE AMONG CANNIBALSUp-Close-and-Personal The island trader landed Theo and his belongings at Village Tavio and took off. Theo’s initiation to the island and the people was not gradual. It was as sudden as a bolt
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