Celebrity Travel: Go away with Keana Lyn
A: I would love to visit Thailand. My older sisters have both spent extended periods of time there. Their husbands are professional Muay Thai fighters/coaches so I’ve been introduced to the culture through them and my practice of the sport. Hoping to plan a trip there next year and do some more training.
Q: When you go away, what are some of your must-have items?
A: A notebook, a good novel, a downloaded playlist, ChapStick. I try my best to pack light as I’ve got such a knack for collecting original art and vintage threads from the places I visit. But that habit comes with a cost and usually means that I end up with overweight baggage. (Laughs.)
Q: What would be your dream trip?
A: To spend a month or so in Ecuador. That’s where my dad is from and he hasn’t been home in 30-plus years. It would take a proper amount of planning to get my family all onboard, but I think it’s so important that we experience my father’s heritage together. I’m hoping to get everyone out there by spring of next year— one of my determinations!
Q: What is your guilty pleasure when you're on the road?
A: Pringles and a Diet Coke. I used to indulge in this when I was a kid and we would take the train from Toronto to Amherstburg to visit my grandma.
Q: What is your worst vacation memory?
A: Getting super seasick on a two-hour boat ride traveling from an island off the coast of Salvador and back to the mainland. The fact that there was literally no way out of the situation was so anxiety-inducing, but I did make it back in one piece by the end after a ton of embarrassment. (Laughs.) But, oh boy, that feeling is like none other. Safe to say I’ve learned my lesson about me and ocean travel.
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