Sabine Kuegler grew up in the jungles of West Papua.
She came to Europe at the age of 17 and experienced a culture clash. Today she lives in Hamburg, has children, friends and a job.
But she is still a torn between worlds and the inner struggle for her identity torments her. In the jungle she had learned to become invisible in order to survive – in the Western world you have to be visible. She doubts and looks at our civilisation from outside and inside: Are we happy here? Alienated? Healthy?
Several times she returns to the jungle. On one of these trips, Sabine Kuegler falls seriously ill, is considered out of treatment and makes a last desperate attempt to save herself: She leaves Germany and goes back to the jungle, to the culture where she feels protected. She experiences adventures that many people find hard to believe.
It is only after five years that she comes back and tells for the first time about this dramatic time, about her search for healing, happiness and her place in life.
“My story began the day my father discovered the Fayu people, a tribe that had been stagnant in its development for centuries. It was also the beginning of the inner collision of two worlds. Because I carry within me the culture, psychology, mentality and spirituality of two societies that are so opposite and so different from each other that they should be at home on different planets.”