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Born in Mexico, Salma Hayek now has a house in Los Angeles, a farm in Washington State, and a suitcase always at the ready. During film shoots, she spends her downtime taking a crash course in the local culture. Here, her favorite places in the Bahamas (where she was based for three months making After the Sunset) and beyond.
DIVING IN "I'm too curious to like being locked in a spa for two hours. In the Bahamas, I must have gone diving fifteen times. The best spot was the plane they sank for Thunderball. It's been there so long it has become a piece of coral in the shape of a plane."
SOUND BITES "When I visit new places, I'm the first one to dig into food that everybody else is afraid of. I went to Nassau's fish fry, where you can convince yourself that you're eating healthily because it's all fish. And you cannot leave the Bahamas without trying a rum cake. The Bahamas Rum Cake Factory makes a coconut version that is to die for. Bacardi also makes one that I've never found anywhere else."
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL "When I'm traveling, I adjust and become part of the scenery. While on safari in South Africa, I went to the townships to see how the people lived. They didn't know who I was, but they let me into their houses and danced for me."
STAMPS IN HER PASSPORT "I love Paris, Positano, Capri, Seville, and Madrid. I thought the Park Hyatt hotel in Tokyo was so simple and sexy—and the service was incredible. In Hawaii, I took a boat trip and found some whales, so I jumped into the water with them!"
NEXT STOP "Penélope Cruz and I are going to Mexico to shoot a western comedy, Banditas, about two female bank robbers there. We're hoping to get some time off to explore. I want to go to Cabo, Oaxaca, and Careyes, and dive in Cozumel. Nothing in the world relaxes me more than a dive."
TRAVEL PHILOSOPHY"I know people who, when they are home, can't think of anything but going on vacation. And when they leave, all they think about is home. The healthiest way to take a vacation is to forget you have a life somewhere else. Try not to make any phone calls, and bring as few items as possible that remind you of home."
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