A series of six programmes
Themes and variations from the lives of the British in South-East
Asia in the days of the Empire, in the words of some of those who were there.
2: Chummeries, Sarongs and Bajus: Settling In
' My first impressions of the country were ... it's like a large greenhouse.
The colours were splashes against the green-purple, orange, yellow - oh, everything clashed but it didn't, It looked like a great bed of zinneas.
The stars were so bright you could almost read by them. The strange thing was, the moon was sideways.'
Narrator Garard Green Special music by JONATHAN GIBBS , BBC
Radiophonic Workshop
Compiled by CHARLES ALLEN Producer MICHAEL MASON