Scattered across Asia's equatorial belt lie tens of thousands of islands, home to more than a thousand distinct peoples — communities who have carved out their lives deep in the jungle, high in the mountains, and far out at sea, each with a world entirely their own. Venturing out from the bustle of the big city, we journey through the exotic wildlife and extraordinary flora of the equator, spending three days and two nights with four indigenous tribes, immersing ourselves in four ways of life unlike anything we have ever known.