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" Which is better: a plane ride or a road trip?  I love a good road trip. I just drove to L.A. from Chicago with my fianc\u00E9 and I sang for three days straight! He&amp;#039;s a very patient man. Given the choice, I prefer traveling by car because I can sing at the top of my lungs and I love finding crazy huge gas stations in the middle of nowhere and pillaging them for junk food! But people ask me where I live all the time, and my answer is always, &amp;quot;United Airlines,&amp;quot; because I probably spend more time on planes than in my own home.  How do you not lose your mind at the airport?  Always get there with plenty of time. When you&amp;#039;re rushed, it&amp;#039;s just not fun \u2014 and that&amp;#039;s not what I like to stress about. And put your ID back in your wallet. I lost mine once, and even though the flight attendant recognized me, he still wouldn&amp;#039;t let me board the flight! My iPod, with mellow music like Coldplay and Damien Rice, is also necessary.  What&amp;#039;s the upside to traveling?  I actually love long flights because no one can reach me \u2014 I just read.  What items of clothing are always in your suitcase?  I&amp;#039;m notorious for buying in bulk. I have about 10 pairs of khaki cargo pants and a multicolored-T-shirt wardrobe \u2014 I&amp;#039;m an Old Navy and Da Nang aficionada. Also, Calypso (calypso-celle.com) has a wrap dress called the Julia Silk Dress, and you can literally roll it up in a ball and it&amp;#039;ll still look great. I have about eight of them because I can wear them with flip-flops, but if I have to interview a head of state, they&amp;#039;re perfectly appropriate.  So it&amp;#039;s comfort over style?  Yes, always wear comfortable clothes. Don&amp;#039;t even try to look cute on an airplane.  Lisa Ling is a correspondent for the National Geographic Channel&amp;#039;s Explorer and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Read more about her travels at channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/explorer. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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