Rode bicycles ~5 miles to the closest beach each day. Dodged falling coconuts. Explored WWII fortifications & temple ruins. Sailed with a French couple to a motu to snorkel. Rode our bikes around the island (~26 miles). On the far side— kids ran out of their school to see the ‘haoles’ riding by.
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BALI 1978
I flew to Bali with the twist that by flying Sub-Lo I couldn’t fly direct to Singapore. Rather had to fly to Tokyo, change planes, fly to Hong Kong, change planes. And finally fly to Singapore. [Photo of rice harvesting in a drained field. Scanned from a slide using a borrowed Nikon.]
Stayed overnight at the Raffles Hotel in Singapore—where I encountered my first ever cockroach—before flying to Denpasar. Of course my luggage was stranded in Hong Kong. I arrived in Denpasar wearing a long sleeved shirt & long pants... Bought a batik dress in the morning which I still wear.
GUATAMALA 1977
One of my first trips overseas with friends rather than family. Two fellow Pan Am brats. Airfare for us was $70 [10% sublo fare]. Not too long after the 1976 M7.5 earthquake. [Photo of little girl from a village w/o cars.]
Just arrived in Bora Bora. Only 3 resorts on the island. Owner of our modest resort tried to charge us more than what he had quoted—because we *obviously* had a rich father who flew us to exotic places. I retorted that he worked for Pan Am, we had flown sub-lo (free), and otherwise paid our way…
