Celebrity Travel: Go Away With Kari Byron
A. Luckily, I have been able to travel extensively working in television. I did a series for Nat Geo last year called "Positive Energy." We did episodes all over the world exploring how different countries utilize alternative energy. From tidal turbines in China, windmills in Scotland, to solar power in Brazil, I felt so lucky to get to learn about the world from people trying to make it better. I met this one samba band in the favelas of Brazil that is changing its community by making bio-digesters. Using discarded barrels and other junk they find, they build bio-digesters that ferment food scraps into both methane gas to cook and fertilizer to grow food. I watched as an old woman cried knowing she could have a gas burner instead of gathering wood to burn. It was beautiful.
Q. Where is the most romantic destination?
A. I got married in Costa Rica, so that will always seem like the most romantic destination.
Q. What are your five favorite cities?
A. Paris, Rome, Tokyo, New York, Barcelona.
Q. Where have you traveled to that most reminded you of home?
A. There are parts of Sydney, Australia, that seemed just like home.
Q. Where would you like to go that you have never been to before?
A. I haven't really explored South America enough. I think Peru is next on my travel bucket list.
Q. When you go away, what are some of your must-have items?
A. I travel with hand sanitizer, my lucky compass necklace, bandana, sketchbook, my Leatherman multi-tool, book and a smartphone stocked with movies in case I have jet lag insomnia.
Q. What is your guilty pleasure when you're on the road?
A. I love to try whatever the locals are imbibing; wine in France, caipirinhas in Brazil, sake in Japan. The travel advice starts flowing once the drinks start arriving.
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(Jae-Ha Kim is a New York Times bestselling author and travel writer. You can respond to this column by visiting her website at www.jaehakim.com. You may also follow "Go Away With..." on Twitter at @GoAwayWithJae where Jae-Ha Kim welcomes your questions and comments.)
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