Ten Great Travel Twitter Tweets for April

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

05.01.09 | 12:19 PM ET

imageAfter 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 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 May in the coming weeks, give us a shout out @worldhum on Twitter, or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) a tip.

@susanorlean
Another hard-won travel tip: If you are wearing black pants, do not, repeat, do not let a donkey rub its itchy forehead on your thigh.

@dianakuan
English translation of animal crackers at a Hong Kong supermarket: “Biscuit-shaped animals.” Something got lost in translation.

@leifpettersen
Just took a very slow, deliberate, yet utterly agreeable walk on top of Lucca’s city walls. Just wonderful.

@p_brady
America, your ability to come by and ask “How is everything… Good?” while I have food in my mouth is always the most culture-shocky thing

@sashafrerejones
Gorgeous riot of red lanterns at Canal and Eldridge for movie shoot.

@evanrail
No matter if it’s Hungary or Hong Kong, checking into a nearly empty off-season hotel always feels like The Shining.

@evaholland
Overheard on Greyhound, mother to crying toddler: “Why are you crying? You want your Nintendo? You want some fries?” Double sigh.

@nerdseyeview
the light on the daffodils in my back yard is absolutely biblical.

@leifpettersen
Left JFK 45 minutes late, arrived Detroit 20 mins early. Either I keep hitting worm holes or Delta can manipulate time and space.

@jeffjarvis
I hate airports with buses as gates. Moo.


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7 Comments for Ten Great Travel Twitter Tweets for April

Matt Stabile 05.01.09 | 5:25 PM ET

I like @p_brady’s observation. Even as an American I’m always astounded by this. I used to work at a restaurant, and they required us to go to our tables after three minutes and ask our diners how their food is. This made no sense, given the fact that only 3 minutes had passed. I also tried to explain to my boss that I was pretty sure there was no where else in the world that does this, so why should we, but I was rebuffed. Oh well, if you don’t want to be bothered while you eat, don’t eat out in the U.S..

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Julia Ross 05.01.09 | 8:56 PM ET

I vote for Diana’s.

Khurram 05.02.09 | 5:22 AM ET

Twitter is like a breath of fresh air on the Social Media scene. I have been on it for just a few weeks now and I have met several interesting people. It is a platform to network with people you would like to meet in real life.

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Nick Rowlands 05.03.09 | 12:21 PM ET

Shining nuggets, all of them.  I particularly like the biblical daffodils, and the idea that Delta might be able to manipulate time and space!

Tim Patterson 05.04.09 | 9:31 AM ET

Great tweets.  Almost makes me want to go on twitter again.  Almost.

Marilyn Terrell 05.08.09 | 1:15 AM ET

If you’re taking a 3-mo-old on a transatlantic trip, don’t try to feed it strained carrots from a jar while wearing a new white wool skirt.

Vickie Majis 05.28.09 | 11:00 PM ET

While traveling in a politicly-contested area, try to avoid places where Jersery barriers have been placed in the middle of roads. If the Jersery barriers have been moved from their normal side of the roads, A traveler should know, they are in for a very bad unplanned stop.

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