For a long time, it was impossible to find the name of Aloha Wanderwell in the history books, and only recently the title of the first woman to travel around the world in a Ford Model-T was rightfully returned to this girl. In ten years, she traveled 611 thousand kilometers, visited 80 countries, and without a doubt deserves to have her incredible life story known all over the world.

Idris Hall, which is actually the name of this incredible woman, was born in 1906 in the Canadian town of Winnipeg. From a young age, the girl was interested in traveling, having read a large number of books about adventures for boys. During the First World War, Idris' father joined the British army and the family moved to Europe. Since childhood, Idris grew up as a bully, and in order to calm her temper, the girl's mother sent her to a monastery boarding house.

The girl loved her father very much, so when she learned about his death, she was extremely upset. It was during this difficult time that she saw an advertisement in the Paris Herald newspaper for the recruitment of young women for an expedition to the famous captain Walter Wanderwellʼs expedition. This man was a famous traveler and made films about his travels. He had a team of a photojournalist, a journalist, a mechanic, and a secretary, which was his wife, and when the cinematographer was hospitalized, they decided to find a replacement for him. For advertising purposes, it was decided to take a woman. To grieve less over the death of her father, Idris decided to ask for an expedition.

She found Captain Walter Wanderwell and persuaded him to hire her as a driver and translator. They started their expedition in Nice, France, and then traveled all over Europe. The young girl was photographed in every city and she quickly became famous. When it was cold in Europe at the beginning of 1923, they stopped in the Carpathians.

Over time, the captain and the girl fell in love with each other. At that time, the girl began to call herself Aloha and took the surname Wanderwell, although the captain had a legal wife. After learning about her husband's betrayal, Mrs. Wanderwel left the expedition and returned to the United States.

When they got to India they were warned about the bubonic plague and asked to avoid dead bodies in the streets. After India, they went to China, and from there to Japan, and then sailed to Hawaii on board a ship.

But returning to San Francisco instead of the expected meeting, Walter was arrested for violating the Mann Act, which prohibits transporting women across state borders for immoral purposes. But when the captain divorced his wife and married Aloha, the charges were dropped. 

In 1932, Wanderwell was killed in California, but Aloha continued to travel. After marrying her second husband, she continued to travel around the world and shoot films. She died in 1996.

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