#TTOT Round-Up: Special Travel Moments

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Here's the round-up of this week's #TTOT on "Special Travel Moments!" 

Q1 via Boomeranghotels: What special travel moment do you most want to relive?

• boz23: That very first moment when I stepped on a plane and knew I was leaving NZ for the first time
• AdelaideTrip: Eating my quiet alfresco BBQ dinner on Kangaroo Island, realizing there's a kangaroo right next to me enjoying his too
• littlegingerkid: The special travel moment I want to relive is being the only person inside the Great Pyramid of Giza one evening. Awe-inspiring
• WSouldier: Seeing the breach of a humpback whale on an Alaskan fjord cruise
• MyDestination: Stuck in a lightning storm on a floating restaurant in Florida when a manatee and her cub come up to the dock for a snack
• lethers Kayaking at night with bioluminescence all around. Just magical
• sarahewingnz: Feeling the heat and smell, when first arriving in a hot climate gets happy every time
• trevormorrow: At 18, landing in New Delhi at night, alone. It was scary/exhilarating. I'll never have that same feeling again while traveling

Q2 via traveldudes: Where would you travel to have your special travel moment? What would it be?

• GoSeeWrite: I'd like to hit my last continent, a little ice walking and photography in Antartica
• AnnaHeimbichner: I'd like to stargaze in the Sahara desert, or throw a massive party on a private island with all my friends
• SwannySA: Riding a horse across the plains of Mongolia, returning to my yurt and catching sunset with the local nomads
• itselanor: I've always wanted to recreate Darjeeling Limited. I want to be these guys
• cgywayfarer: Climbing and summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro with any of my close friends willing enough to come and try it
• purpletravel: Apart from the moon, I am dying to see India. The sights, smells, experience. Feels like would be amazing
• kitwhelan: I want to go to space and float around a Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo
• crozul: Visiting Petra in Jordan and hiking up Machu Pichu

Q3 via jdomb: Post a picture of your most memorable special travel moment

iamfrafuga: Anak Krakatau's amazing show

MarkVogler: Spending a night out in Antarctica

citytravelbug: Seeing U2 for free with just 10k others at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

RickGriffin: Glacier landing in Alaska

cynthiahapidayz: Swimming in the Devil's Pool at the edge of the Victoria Falls was pretty special 

Q4 via sebaboerner: Where is your personal paradise?

• malloryontravel: No question the Himalaya, a destination that never fails to take my breath away
• inga_ros: Any "private" beach on or around the Dalmatian coast in Croatia is my personal paradise
• KnutLoose: I'm a history buff, so for it me its historical sites, temple, monuments. I'm a junkie
• giuliaccia: My personal paradise doesn't have a name. I could never find it again without a local's help. It's 150km south of Marsa Alam, Egypt
• monaibra: Probably Cape Cod, or maybe Agerola on the Amalfi coast
• theBubbleBuster: My persoal paradise is my parents backyard... unspoiled views of a beautiful big lake and barely a sound around. Bliss
• sebaboerner: Una Wantuna beach in the south of Sri Lanka
• JordiCasinos: Never felt more in tune with myself & earth than when walking barefoot frm island 2 island in the Okavango Delta
  

Q5 via StudentTravelog: What travel experience are you most likely to tell your grand kids?

• Roopunzel: Most probably the first time seeing the New York skyline
• AlexBerger: I'll probably have to share being stranded above the Arctic Circle in a small isolated village on September 11th, 2001
• WSouldier: All of them! I might use all of my travel stories as bedtime stories instead of fairytales
• raghavmodi: My Greek vacation to celebrate a friend's wedding. Backpacking across Europe
• Insure_My_Villa: When I visited my Grandfather in Cyprus & stayed with him for a week - wonderful experience, wonderful culture
• inna_heights: Edited versions of all until they decide to do it all themselves
• aadhuu: They might be laughing at our stories cos we mingled at our backyards whilst they will be visiting planets and outer space

And there you have it, "Special Travel Moments!"  

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Have YOU got anything to add to the "Special Travel Moments" discussion? 

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