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Sarah Wyatt is a freelance travel and outdoors writer. Wyatt has been a freelance writer for 12 years, with work appearing in Fodor’s, Costco Connection, Lonely Planet, Alaska Airlines Beyond, Cruise Critic, Outdoors and Orlando Sentinel.
What are your top 5 best places to travel?
International:
- Pulau Ubin, Singapore
- Mombasa, Kenya
- Monaghan, Ireland
- Cartagena, Colombia
- Lebua at State Tower, Thailand
Domestic US:
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Duck, North Carolina
- Amelia Island, Florida
- Biloxi, Mississippi
- Columbus, Ohio
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What is your favorite food?
I fell in love with the Peranakan cuisine in Singapore. Alas, it’s hard to find anywhere else.
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What is it that you enjoy the most when you visit a new destination?
The scents! I only wish they could be captured as easily as the sights and sounds.
What are your best tips when preparing to travel?
Open your mind, heart and ego.
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What are your best practices regarding currency? Do you suggest wearing a money belt?
Credit or debit cards for currency. Prefer money socks.
How do you get by with the language barrier?
I learn basic language before going to any country. Nobody owes me English.
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What countries would you avoid?
I never place a blanket “avoid” stamp on any nation, with the exception of legal travel bans.
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What airline do you like the most?
United States Marine Corps Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules, otherwise known as Fat Albert.
I’m obsessed with the spectacular programming I can find at Southern aviation festivals such as SUN ‘n FUN and the Orlando Air & Space Show. Commercial airlines bore me.
Favorite film:
Out of Africa.
Favorite travel book:
The Fodor’s Ports of Call cruise guides I’ve written. It’s an honor to be a small part of someone’s retirement or honeymoon trip.