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.