Celebrity Travel: Go Away With Omar J. Dorsey
A. I go away every Christmas and New Year's. My wife and I travel with (actress) Niecy Nash and her husband. I think my favorite one may have been the London and Paris trip that we did maybe six years ago. That was a good trip. We were actually going to see a friend of ours, Colman Domingo, who was doing a play out there on the West End.
Q. What are your five favorite cities?
A. Atlanta, New Orleans, New York, Paris, Johannesburg.
Q. What city reminded you of home?
A. I try to go wherever the African diaspora is in every city. When I was in Brussels, I went to the African part of Brussels. I wanted to get some soul food, so they told me where the oxtails were. It really reminded me of the west end of Atlanta.
Q. Where would you like to go that you have never been to before?
A. Certain parts of Asia. I would love to go to Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Tokyo, Philippines. I really want to get to those places in the next couple of years. I've done all of Europe. I've done a lot of Africa. I've done all of North America, too. South America might be nice, too.
Q. What would be your dream trip?
A. To travel throughout Africa for six months. Not just to go to Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Morocco, Egypt, South Africa, Tanzania or anything like that. I really want to go to the motherland, and I want to experience as much as I can. Maybe for a year, just to live in all the different countries, taste all the different cuisines and talk to all the different people.
Q. What is your best and/or worst vacation memory?
A. Worst: I didn't know it was rainy season. I went to Cancun and it was raining the entire time I was there. I don't think I ever left my room and I think it stopped when it was time for me to go. I love the city but that was just a really bad time. Best: My European vacation. I went to Europe for about a month. I learned so much. There's just so many different people and I made so many friends in every city that I went to. It was just tremendous.
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