From Colchester to Sulawesi

before you begin Series 2, here is an easy to chew digest of Series 1 'From Colchester to Sulawesi'...

The first day of Phil and Paula’s new lives and their new enterprise.

This is no longer a project on some far distant exotic shore, it’s Phil and Paula’s home, now, and this fact is beginning to find its way into their conscious thoughts.

When Bahowo Lodge gets going in its own right, its guests will use the dive centre, and thus will the arrangement continue to be symbiotic.

The text message from Oni is short, and to the point; it says simply ‘Tomorrow I am leaving to work in Surabaya.’ But one thing’s for sure: Oni has no intention of moving to Surabaya, or anywhere else.

The Manado police headquarters is a large, stark, imposing building, the inside of which it’s best not to see, unless your need is great.

Although Phil and Paula carry on regardless with their new lives, underlying all of it there still lies the matter of Oni, and their documents, and in particular the matter of land ownership.

Episode 1. The Moment. 

Phil and Paula are in Singapore, about to fly home to England, but where is ‘home’, really, and could they do a different kind of life?

Guppy Productions, for Colne Radio, present "From Colchester to Sulawesi," a serialized dramatisation of their true story, by Phil Boast and Paula Larcher.

Episode 2. Finding Bahowo. 

Seeking land in the mountains of Minahassa, Phil and Paula conclude that something is wrong, and in a moment of understanding they realise that they are looking in the wrong place.

Guppy Productions, for Colne Radio, present "From Colchester to Sulawesi," a serialized dramatisation of their true story, by Phil Boast and Paula Larcher.

Episode 3. The Village. 

Phil and Paula get to better know the village which they one day hope to make their home, and to better understand how this might be possible.

Guppy Productions, for Colne Radio, present "From Colchester to Sulawesi," a serialized dramatisation of their true story, by Phil Boast and Paula Larcher.