Ten Great Travel Twitter Tweets for August

Lists: What makes a good travel tweet? Here are 10 favorites from the past month.

09.01.09 | 12:14 PM ET

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After all the talk about whether to Twitter from the road and how best to go about it, we started keeping an eye out for particularly good travel tweets.

Here, in no particular order, are 10 more memorable tweets from the past month that evoke a sense of place, or that offer some humor or insight about the travel experience.

And if you have a nomination for September in the coming weeks, give us a shout out @worldhum on Twitter, or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) a tip.


@laradunston
I’m loving being able to hear the call-to-prayer again from ‘home’ (however temporary) in Abu Dhabi: it’s soothing, uplifting, reassuring

@tonyhawk
Just did a Clark Griswold tour of the Cologne Cathedral. In and out, efficiency in sightseeing. http://yfrog.com/0ihqwj

@MickPuck
Airport as always is ideal place to spot weird haircuts. The southern English styles this year are truly scary. Orcs-a-go-go

@AEEvans
Overheard @ Denver airport food court: “1 large Mello Yello.” “We don’t have that.” “OK gimme a Mr. Pibb” Colorado: Land of obscure sodas.

@shitmydadsays
“My flight lands at 9:30 on Sunday…You want to watch what? What the fuck is mad men? I’m a mad man if you don’t pick me the hell up.”

@dianakuan
I love wandering into foreign McDonalds to check out their menus. Best tasting so far: Sichuan peppercorn sauce burger in China.

@jimbenning
Working at a coffee shop on Monterey’s Cannery Row - Steinbeck country. Steinbeck wore Crazy T-shirts and ate at Bubba Gump shrimp, right?

@robverger
Today, a Swiss friend of mine, upon seeing a can of spray-on olive oil in my kitchen, said, “You Americans are so fancy.” Fancy, or silly?

@davidfarley
Oh, the thrill of landing early! Oh, the pain of sitting on the tarmac because there are no open gates. Ugh.

@italylogue
Okay, y’all, it’s 1am in Italy. Time for me to go to bed and dream about what gelato flavors I’ll try tomorrow. A domani.

Tags: Humor, Travel and Technology, Travel Writing, Twitter

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2 Comments for Ten Great Travel Twitter Tweets for August

Gettout Moore 09.02.09 | 2:04 PM ET

Mello Yello and Mr. Pibb are obscure? I guess the Coca Cola Company should spend more money on advertising, since they make both of them. Mr. Pibb = Dr. Pepper, Mello Yello = Mountain Dew.

NYCNikki 09.14.09 | 10:04 PM ET

Sh*tMyDadSays is one of the funniest things to hit twitter in a long time!
Love the son, LOVE the dad!!!

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