French expatriate, exotic husband, half-caste children, a volatile mix! For him, civilisation meant Buddhism, whisky and driving on the left. Away from home, neither Europe, nor the Caribbean, nor any other landmass in the Indian Ocean could compare to his own shimmering island. For her, being packed off to all four corners of the world was like an intoxicating elixir, to be taken without moderation. This is the story of a ménage à trois: Hélène, Upali... and Asia.