Time for the big plunge

And then I went on my way to Europe with Tatie Poehere and Tonton JM after Tahitian Princess and Bobbie delivered me to Lax!

Oh fly away...

Woooowwwwwww now that is some machine... lol

Me and Uncle Tom

We did some 19.000 miles together, all to way to Chile, Peru, Costa Rica and Acapulco!!

Coucou Tereva!

While you're cruising around with Travelintom Aunt Barbi and Uncle Randy picked up Tekila in Moorea to take her all the way to Arizona... lucky dog, she's gonna have a really good and happy life!

My new ears...

OMG they're just beautiful and big enough to make me hear and listen even better (uncle Randy says I have to be a good girl) LOL

Thank you so much Tahitian Princess, bisous!

Writing home...

From Disneyland

And from Hawaii

The Panama locks

The Panama Canal has 3 sets of locks, one on the Atlantic side, "Gatun" and 2 on the Pacific Ocean side "Miraflores" and the "Pedro Miquel" and as you can see, this is me passing through the Pedro Miquel !

Panama!

And so, as planned, I was off to Panama of all places! A very relaxing, interesting and discovering time...

At Bill's and Ruthies

Bill and Ruthie told me everything about their trip to French Polynesia and the Aranui...

and seeing the many souvenirs around from my home country made me feel so very much at home!

And so another great visit came to an end, got myself well wrapped up and on the way again to a new adventure!

Checking out the Ohio scenery

Look at me in a bed of Alyssum and Gereniums...
and getting to know pumpkins and corn as I go along!

Food & games

Different places calls for a different diet, so of course I had to try a local favorite, the Lake Erie perch to get me in shape for a good game of shuffleboard

OHIOooooooooo

So here I am at Cheryl's and Joe's place in Milan Township Ohio... brrrrrrrrrr 39° and frost warnings to go!

My first real encounter with a different climate and ready to burn some firewood!

The "Ohio State" Pic is for uncle BOB

Girl from Pasadena...

Me and the UCLA cheerleaders
and eating, drinking and flirting away with the boys from UCLA...

Detox...

So, ok they weened me off the Hinano and took me to Jimmy Buffets Margaritaville at The Flamingo right on the strip! hmmmmmm do I need to say more? No, because I can't remember !But that wasn't the only surprise they had for me either...

YES, yes, LAS VEGAS...

and so here I am in Las Vegas with my hosts Patti and Paul

Coucou me and the US Coast Guard

This is me on the deck of the "US Fare Hamara" in University Place and look who's arriving... none other than the US coast guard!

I actually thought for a moment they came looking for me!

What a view! Wow!

And so I said goodbye to Washington, I am on my way to Las Vegas!

Looking ahead in time...

Uncle Bob & Aunt Mary took me to have a look at the Chamber's Bay Golf Course where the US open will be held in 2015 (hmmm... wonder how old and in what condition I will be in the year 2015...). A beautiful place to stretch the leggs and get some fresh air!

Tereva a new star at the E.R....

Oh boy, I really had to be taken care of in a very special way, my heart was beating like a "Toere" (Tahitian drum) as I was waiting for Taote (Dr.)George Clooney to give me some CPR...

The good old days...

Uncle Bob showed me some old photographs of Bora Bora and Moorea when there were no OWB's yet and very few hotels, no large 4X4's and cell phones ringing around, wow

Those were the good old days and seeing the many changes the islands went through really made my temperature go up and in no time my body was glistering with beads of sweat as you can tell by the pictures... I guess it made me feel a little homesick!

Beauty and the Beast?

I actually had want to be there for the election of Mr. Tahiti 2008

but I think I let it pass...
















Mauruuru Lolo

Off I am again...

Incredible all the things my wonderful hosts allow me to experience and the beautiful places I get to visit and yes, it is packing time already and many tearfull goodbyes (with a nice cold Hinano to ease the pain...)

Time for:

And with my tiny brain in gear, it is off to the Seal Beach Pier...

and seeing the world upside down while attempting to do some skate boarding

A Tahitian Princess

Me and special friend Ingrid (who looks a lot like her mother)

and me with the Tahitian Princess enjoying downtown Disney before getting into the serious things like school... YES!

Brain factory

Elementary school... I am actually learning English at an American school, WOW


M Me with the principal...










and with some new friends during a well deserved break