Expat: Missionaries, Mercenaries and Misfits

Many men have wondered what it would be like to to drop everything; to leave, a life, in the western world behind and to move to an exotic land or move to a tropical island paradise. This is exactly what I did. This is the true story about my 12 year journey in the South Pacific and about some the of fascinating and quirky characters I met along the way. This is the story of how I arrived with nothing with the exception of one suitcase and withing 10 years I became one of the most influencial CEO's in the country and how I was bestowed one of the countries highest paramount Chiefs titles of "Tagaloa" and how, in the end, I walked away from it all. The story was, at times, entertaining, humorous and fun. The story was also tragic, heatbreaking and horrifying. This was my story and this was their story. Whether the country is Thailand, Vietnam, Argentina, Cuba, Samoa, Fiji or in any other developing nation; this story is about what it is, really, like to be an expat.