#TTOT Round-Up: Sleeping in Unusual Places

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Here's the round-up of this week's #TTOT on "Sleeping in Unusual Places!" 

Q1 via AngelinaFoster: Where's the most unusual place you've slept?

• BeyondBlighty: On a campsite by Ngorongoro Crater where wild elephants were drinking from our shower tank
• ailsapm: I slept in a sleeping bag on a boat in a storm. Woke up at other end of the boat cos I rolled the entire length of the boat asleep
• giuliaccia: On a sand dune in the Wadi el Rayan desert, Egypt
• mstarr1188: The post office. It was unlocked 24 hours and much cheaper than a hotel
• kitwhelan: A Buddhist temple, a pod hotel, a camp in the Sahara, an old mining barracks...
• roniweiss: Entryway of a squat in Greece
• traveldudes: In my hammock on a night train in Vietnam

Q2 via goseewrite: Any tips for better sleep on planes or buses?

• Inga_Ros: Bring a good travel partner. It's much more comfy if you're sleeping on someone's shoulder
• CurlyAdventurer: Pack an inflatable beach ball in your hand luggage - fits in that window/seat gap to make a perfect pillow
• roniweiss: Pay extra for exit row, more leg room
• connvoyage: Don't sleep the night before, spend it partying with friends. Get on the plane/train/bus exhausted = dead asleep. Works every time
• ehalvey: Benadryl and booze may not be the *best* idea, but it works
• hotels4u_com: Try sit by the window on a plane or bus! You'll drift away without falling asleep on a strangers shoulder
• Travelbite: Neck pillow and earplugs
• SarahDuff: Blow up pillow, ipod with really good headphones (and a chilled playlist), and melatonin
• ae_carhire: A belly full of food and wine, should help you sleep just fine

Q3 via World_Out_There: What's the best technique for getting a dorm buddy to stop snoring?

• kelaussie29: Smelling salts you get in SE Asia work well. Get them to sniff whether awake or waft under their snoring noses and they will stop
• TopdeckTravel: I like the classic shove or shoe throwing
• traineecloggie: A spray bottle and good aim
• meljbel: Best thing to do is fall asleep before them
• sidetripca: If it's a close buddy, arm under the neck works. Not so close, duct tape
• erintweets: If I have to be awake, they should too! I say wake 'em right up
• kitwhelan: I love my white noise sounds from the Ambience iPhone app
• executiveoasis: Very simple. Buy Kwon Loong Oil in Chinatown or Asia. Put a few drops in a bowl. Fill with boiling water. Vapors ease breathing

Q4 via hobonora: Show us a picture of the coolest place you've ever slept

kelaussie29: Slept with sea gypsies in Indonesia

ailsapm: Jungle bungalow in Tikal surrounded by howler monkeys

itravel81: In a mud house in the Thar Desert

SarahDuff: Namib Desert

timmermansr: Camping on a frozen lake under the Northern Lights

LandLopers: Hobbit house in New Zealand

Q5 via goseewrite: The best place you have slept out under the stars?

• feehatesrain: Camping under the stars in a swag at the bottom of Uluru, Ayers Rock in Australia
  
• LateralMovement: On a net at the front of a boat cruising through the Whitsundays. Spectacular
• RainTravels: With millions of young people during the World Youth Day in Manila
• SaraKateTravel: Even tho big window wasn't open, the view of stars and full moon over Polish/Ukrainian countryside from night train was spectacular
• LandingStanding: Slept in the Atacama Dessert in Chile... But it was cloudy
• halfofjess: Beaches in Thailand are perfect. Sipandan in Laos. And on a liveaboard in the Similans. Stars PLUS night diving
• JTSpurs: Definitely Mongolia. Cold but I've never seen so many stars

And there you have it, "Sleeping in Unusual Places!"  

Next week's #TTOT topic is: "Package Tours!" Submit your questions HERE!

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