Asia - oriental contrasts

filmed 1987.
Venture to the Asmat swamps of irian jaya and meet the warrior paddlers --
Hear their war chants. voyage through exotic indonesia to see the komodo dragons and balinese dances, the dancing horsemen of sumba,
the avenue of towering volcanos and ceremonial dances on flores island. visit banda, ternate, noe's lima and mapia island's. Encounter brunei with its lofty gold - domed mosque, and the stilt houses along the brunei river.
The phillippines - see the wonders of this remarkable country -- zamboanga and dumaquete cite's, and the chocolate hill's on bohol island, and in sharp contrast - coran island, stark, like a fossilised iceberg rising from the clear blue sea. on to hong kong and a brief look at china. for more on china see china a curtain raiser.