Senoufou:

There were many heavens involved. Since it was a co-ed environment of young people in a liberated era and area, there were innumerable pair-ups, particularly of young people from parts of the world that had taught them the 'other' was the 'enemy'.
My pairing was antipodean.

Wonder if the shape of the world has something to do with the English phrase of things going 'pear shaped'?