Færøvik travels slowly and quietly through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Burma. His story is filled with facts, history, interviews, the author's experiences, and the people he encounters on his way. He takes time to dwell on moments, feelings, sights, smells, moods, and leaves you as a reader feeling the same sense of calm as the story is conveying. He even manages to make the onset of the monsoon and bug invasions sound like soothing and pleasant experiences. Covering 4 countries in one book, Færøvik doesn't dive too deep into each of them, but still manages to give you a good impression of the differences and similarities between these countries and the people, and how it is to travel there as a tourist.