THE RIVER IS MY HIGHWAY.

It was 1973 and then living in the remote Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Ross was offered a forestry supervisor’s job based in Samarinda, Indonesian Borneo & fell in love with the place on his first day. He worked on the rivers & in the remote jungles of Indonesian Borneo for the next five years, quickly learning local languages, immersing himself in the Indonesian way of life, & learning the ways of the mighty Mahakam River & the Makassar Straits on which he spent most of each working day.

Compared to pre-independence PNG, living in isolated Samarinda seemed like the height of luxury to Ross, although coming from sparsely populated PNG, Ross’s first experience of Samarinda was a true assault on the senses with its crowds of people, dozens of mosques, crazy drivers, & myriad overpowering smells. Yet overlooking the city was the new & illustrious Lamin Indah Hotel, which boasted a classy bar & restaurant and attractive & sophisticated female staff from Java.

This, the third book in the adventurous series about Ross’s life, "The River is my Highway" brings to life a whole new series of exploits, including provoking & then assuaging a local war, single-handedly destroying village ablution facilities with a speed-boat & facing a barrage of nasty consequences, hunting local wild-life in the most committed way imaginable, loading log-ships at sea, smuggling hi-fi gear, searching for log pirates, & fronting up to the Dayak Queen.

This book includes some 75 photos from Ross’s vast collection which richly illustrate his writing.

Get ready for more colorful, laugh-aloud yarns from the master story-teller who brought you "An Accidental Bushman", "Cannibals, Crocodiles and Cassowaries", "Meanwhile, Back in the Jungle" & "But That's What Elephants Are For!".

Once you start reading, you won’t want to put this book down!

For more info & book reviews go to the author's website: http://www.rosslockyer.co.nz