Travel, as you know, can be different. Pleasant and not so pleasant. And also just terrible. This is when our dreams of a beautiful and mysterious tropical island, lost somewhere in the azure expanses of the Pacific Ocean, turn out to be completely different from reality. At twenty-six years old, the author of this story full of humor and unbridled optimism, J. Maarten Troost, decides that he finally disgusted with the concrete jungle of the modern metropolis, he takes his girlfriend Sylvia in his arms, packs flip-flops, a Panama hat, and shorts into a suitcase and sets off for Tarawa, a Pacific island within the Republic of Kiribati. How the city couple met the desired promised land and how good was life really? on an exotic island, you will find out after reading to the end this hilariously funny, and sometimes very sad story about two fearless travelers who had absolutely no intention of engaging in extreme tourism.