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.
September 1976. Adak, Alaska
I’ve been a bit distracted the past few months... This photo was taken as we sailed south from Adak Island. On the military flight from Anchorage to Adak, the Navy guy seated next to me, teased. Saying we’d be chased back into port within a day or so.
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.
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.]
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.]
Hello World!
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…
TAHITI + BORA BORA June 1974
Just arrived in Papeete, Tahiti, via a Pan American jumbo jet from Los Angeles. En route to Bora Bora with my sister.
October 1976. North Pacific
Well, we didn’t head back to Adak when we got caught up in a storm. Rather, hove to for 3 days. Surfed down the backside of each wave. Buried the bow in the oncoming wave—which lifted the propeller out the water—ship shuddering. Rolling as much as 40°. Pretty epic.