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the whole trip for me. He said not to worry. He was a psychologist and regarded himself as being very avant gard as he wore a head- band and gave the "V" sign to ever kid on the trip. This was in 1970, remember, when the hippies were everywhere, not only in the U.S., but everywhere else. We found them in New Zealand, Australia, Japan and way points and he had a great time. Well the result was that he never gave me away and in fact he and my roommate and I became kind of a little click of semi-weirdos. I use that term because many of those on the trip were very conservative and square and the three of us were so adventurous and "with it" that to the rest we seemed pretty far out.

From Tahiti we went to Fiji and found it interesting that a skirt is standard men's clothing there-the policemen, soldiers, and most everyone else wore them. I thought it was kind of novel so I went to a men's store and bought myself a "sulu" as they call them. They are about one yard wide and about two yards long and wrap around with a belt that passes through an opening and fastens. The nice thing about them is that they have regular hip pockets. So later in the trip in Bangkok and Hong Kong where it was very hot I didn't have to carry a purse. Money, a lipstick and comb in the pockets, and I was gone. Only had to carry my camera.

Next we took in New Zealand where I met a couple of sisters and finally to Melbourne, Australia. There I gave a seminar to a group of psychiatrists and encouraged one of my readers to initiate a news- letter and beginnings of a TV group. The Seahorse had been selected by me 10 years before as an appropriate symbol for FPs since it is the male that takes over the care of the eggs, carrying them in a pouch on his abdomen and watching over them till they become indepen- dent. So they decided to call the Australian group the Seahorse Club and it is still going strong. The founders of Seahorse were again FPE members. In Sydney I was met by a couple of other readers and members of the initial Sydney group which eventually became the principal nucleus of Seahorse since it is the largest city in the country.

Next stop was Bali, a beautiful country. I couldn't resist the tempta- tion of being photographed next to a sign saying that menstruating women should not enter the temple. Naturally I went in anyway. Next was Bangkok-land of the King and I, pagodas, Thai silk and jewelry, etc. Finally to Hong Kong and then to Japan. We did some of the

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