Celebrity Travel: Go away with Otoja Abit
A: Playing college basketball at St. John’s University, I had the privilege to travel annually for holiday tournaments. One tournament was in Honolulu. To experience the native culture and festivities outside of my usual New York City experience was everything.
Q: Do you speak any foreign languages?
A: I’ve become conversational in Spanish.
Q: When you go away, what are some of your must-have items?
A: My iPad. It has all the necessary components in one. Music, PDFs to read, downloaded films, maps and most importantly, my Scrabble app.
Q: What is your best and/or worst vacation memory?
A: My best vacation memory was spending a week in the summer in Shelter Island, New York. I was there with friends and it was the first trip with my then eight-month-old puppy. It was phenomenal to see her take in the ferry, run on an open grass field under the sun and go to the beach for the first time. My worst vacation memory was traveling to a destination wedding where it poured. (I traveled) so far to be inside of a hotel and watch four channels on a small television screen.
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