anthony: when i first went up this river, i was sick with love. the bad kind. the fist around your heart kind. i ran far, but there was no escaping it. it followed me up river all the way. that was ten long years ago. a previous episode of a previous series in a previous life. yet, here i am again. heading up to that same long house in the jungle. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la [ boat engine ] anthony: last time i saw all this, i think it s fair to say i was at a turning point in my life. i promised some people i d come back, and i am back. my life has changed a lot. how much have their lives changed? kuala lumpur. happy to be here, but brimming with mixed emotions. surrounded by all the sights, smells and flavors i remember so well. t
alex: it s passable, i guess. all basic words. anthony: yeah, i gather the plan is to try to get there before dark. alex: i don t think it s going to happen. anthony: nah, me neither. alex: no. alex: hi. anthony: hello. alex: [ foreign language ]. anthony: all those years ago, the man who looked after me at the longhouse was named itam. over 80 years old back then, he led us bounding uphill through the jungle, like a young gazelle. he still had the marks on his fingers of a man who had taken heads. in itam s case, presumably,
with several hours still to go, a stop for lunch. here we are. we re eating right on a beach, too? all right, that s cool. alex: looks like bamboo chicken there. anthony: good. alex: yamai . anthony: it s good, right? alex: it s great. they say, yamai. yamai. that means delicious. anthony: yeah how s your iban? alex: it s passable, i guess. all basic words. anthony: yeah, i gather the plan is to try to get there before dark. alex: i don t think it s going to happen. anthony: nah, me neither. alex: no. alex: hi. anthony: hello. alex: [ foreign language ]. anthony: all those years ago, the man who looked after me at the longhouse was named itam. over 80 years old back then, he led us bounding uphill through the jungle, like a young
alex: hi. anthony: hello. alex: [ foreign language ]. anthony: all those years ago, the man who looked after me at the longhouse was named itam. over 80 years old back then, he led us bounding uphill through the jungle, like a young gazelle. he still had the marks on his fingers of a man who had taken heads. in itam s case, presumably, communist guerillas when he d fought with the british during the malayan insurgency. we drank many shots of rice whiskey together under a bouquet of human skulls, trophies from another time. and i promised i d come back, for gawai, a big deal in the iban calendar, when friends and relatives return to the longhouse. a lot has changed since the iban tracked commies through the jungle, and much has changed in
plan is to try to get there before dark. alex: i don t think it s going to happen. anthony: nah, me neither. alex: no. alex: hi. anthony: hello. alex: [ foreign language ]. anthony: all those years ago, the man who looked after me at the longhouse was named itam. over 80 years old back then, he led us bounding uphill through the jungle, like a young gazelle. he still had the marks on his fingers of a man who had taken heads. in itam s case, presumably, communist guerillas when he d fought with the british during the malayan insurgency. we drank many shots of rice whiskey together under a bouquet of human skulls, trophies from another time. and i promised i d come back, for gawai, a big deal in the iban calendar, when friends and relatives return to the longhouse. a lot has changed since the iban tracked commies through the jungle, and much has changed in