 After responding to an advertisement reading, "Brains, Beauty & Breeches – World Tour Offer For Lucky Young Woman….Wanted to join an expedition… Asia, Africa…", she met with "Captain" Wanderwell in Paris and secured a seat on the expedition.She served as the expedition's translator, driver and film maker, and took on the name "Aloha Wanderwell," even though Walter was still married at the time.