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This week's topic was a perfect distraction from the cold Cape Town weather and was all about ISLANDS!
Travel-loving tweeps shared amazing stories, tips and favourite spots and we couldn't help but salivate and reminisce about our recent exploration of the absolutely gorgeous Indian Ocean island of Reunion.
We loved Question 2 where everyone shared pictures of their favourite islands!
Check out these 7 amazing photos:
1. Hanging with Whale Sharks just off the coast of St. Helena
A2 In the water with the world's biggest fish; a whale shark off St Helena #ttot pic.twitter.com/UyKPrqyEXv
— Iain Mallory (@MalloryOnTravel) July 22, 20142. Seals and sea kayaks in Galapagos
A2. Kayaking around the Galapagos Islands! #ttot http://t.co/NvBamhTfjL pic.twitter.com/giHb7I8j9O
— Activities Abroad (@Activity_Travel) July 22, 20143. Sailing in Fiji
A2: Sailing the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji #bliss #TTOT #travel @TourismFiji pic.twitter.com/YD7x6nLuvq
— Bennett Pascoe (@bjpas89) July 22, 20144. Dinner with a view in St. Lucia
A2: All fresco dining at @LaderaResort #StLucia. Stunning island, stunning view! #ttot pic.twitter.com/x4WrhCIN7r
— HIP Hotels (@HIP_Hotels) July 22, 20145. Oh! Colourful Cuba!
A2. The colours and the people of the beautiful island of #Cuba! #ttot pic.twitter.com/n9MPZ0payS
— GrandAmericanAd (@GrandAmericanAd) July 22, 20146. Taquile Island, Lake Titicaca, Peru
A2. The lunch view on Taquile Island, Lake Titicaca, Peru :) #ttot pic.twitter.com/munbMvB5tz
— Simon Heyes (@MrHeyes) July 22, 20147. And something a little different... stunning, but icy Iceland
A2. Iceland beauty #TTOT pic.twitter.com/yMr5azYsTC
— Heeral Patel (@Heeral_Patel) July 22, 2014Ever been lucky enough to do some island travelling? Share your pics and stories with us - pics@news24travel.com or tweet us @news24travel
Here are the other 4 questions and some of our favourite answers for each:
Q1: What is your favourite island in the world and why?
A1. My favourite island is Madagascar, it's just so different. Reunion Island comes a close second though http://t.co/ptK339nfVM #ttot
— Meruschka (@MzansiGirl) July 22, 2014A1 Surfing, kayaking, climbing, canyoning, trekking, looking at the erupting volcano, diving, skydiving. La Réunion, Indian Ocean. #ttot
— Antoine d'Audigier (@WorldDetour) July 22, 2014A1: Choices, choices! But Ibo Island, northern Mozambique is the one! (@Iboisland) . #ttot
— Janine Stephen (@janine_stephen) July 22, 2014Q3: What do islands have that mainlands don't provide?
A3 A certain atmosphere, they don't belong to the mainland so there is a more intense feeling. Maybe proudness? #ttot
— My travel fuel (@Mytravelfuel) July 22, 2014A3: It takes a serious amount of skill to get yourself lost on an island :) #ttot
— Moving Sushi (@moving_sushi) July 22, 2014A3 We always find that islands have a great local community ! #TTOT
— lowcostholidays (@lowcostholidays) July 22, 2014Q4: What island (that you haven't explored yet) is on your bucket list?
A4: Many of the island of the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Best by sailing boat! :) #TTOT
— Melvin (@traveldudes) July 22, 2014A4. Oh. There’s lots. Santorini, Komodo, Galapagos, Socotra, ... #ttot
— aadhu ahid (@aadhuu) July 22, 2014A4. and Zanzibar! #ttot
— Khyati Maloo (@khyatimaloo) July 22, 2014Q5: If you could create your own island escape, who/where/what would be there?
A5: Rum, hammocks, intact and pristine coral reefs with a drop of somewhere & Jhonny Depp- just incase I want a sing along. #ttot
— Moving Sushi (@moving_sushi) July 22, 2014A5 I'm not sure my idea of utopia can fit into 140 characters... but 28 degrees, mountains w/ glacier, beach, cocktails in pineapples. #TTOT
— Gemma Fottles (@FottlesTravels) July 22, 2014@News24Travel A Island that 100000000 people have past by & never stopped 'cause they were in a rush #ttot
— UrbanWalkerCT (@UrbanWalkerCT) July 22, 2014Be sure to join the next #TTOT - Here's how it works:
Every Tuesday at 11:30 (SA time), the chat is run by a few of the world's top travel bloggers, such as Travel Dudes, Roni Weiss and Runaway Juno, and aimed at getting travellers from all over the world to share their experiences.
Next topic "Islands" via @roniweiss. Please add your questions on the TTOT Facebook Page.
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It takes the form of five different questions related to the topic and will be numbered Q1 - Q5, with a couple of minutes for responses to each. In order to respond to a specific question you will start your answer with A1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, of course including #TTOT so you're included in the stream.
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