#TTOT Round-Up: Drinks - Types & Customs

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Here's the round-up of this week's #TTOT on "Drinks - Types and Customs!" 

Q1 via SustainableTrip What's your favorite way to say "cheers" that you've learned on your travels? 

• absoluteballs: Swedish "Skal!"; easily remembered after several gloggs, and reminds me of happy times in Swedish countryside 
• secret_escapes: The best way of saying 'cheers' has to be in Thai: 'Choc Dee'. Reminds me of street bars in Bangkok and beach bars in Koh Tao 
• 25travels: The Hungarian Egészségedre, always keep others asking huh when I say that
• Mikeachim: Raised glass plus eye contact. If you don't maintain eye contact, it's seven years of bad sex 
• KnowThePlace: GANBEI! (China)
• thetravelhack: My gran always said 'Good health Darling' which made drinking a pint seem much more ladylike
• seeusoontravel: A Korean cheers said before taking a shot of soju "Wee-hi-yo" must be said in as strong and deep of a voice as possible 
• TravelBlggr: Right before taking a shot of tequila in Mexico ... Arriba! Abajo! Al Centro! Cuchi Cuchi

Q2 via solangefrancois What drink personifies your travel style, and why?

• misshstapleton: Malibu and Piña (pineapple juice), I need the added vitamin C
• raghavmodi: Tequila - Short and sweet 
• Inga_Ros: Family size frozen margarita. Hey, I travel with 5 kids
• LifesGreatAdv: Bottled local beer - no frills, laid back, umm easy to carry
• UnnaWildt: Coffee to keep bright to observe and experience what I'm in the middle of
• surfergrrl: A super hoppy IPA = relaxed and mellow
• meggerroo: Sangria! I like to take my time and soak in the flavor when I travel
• spanishsabores: Classic margarita with salted rim-- rough around the edges, sweet, and sometimes salty- not afraid to rough it when I travel
• wanderlustng: Jack and Coke, because its strong, creeps in slow and leaves you thinking what hit you
• ilivetotravel: Water - I am everywhere
• archofadventure: Tea. A calm, warm friend. Best with a little honey

 

Q3 via lizcleere Name the best bar you've ever been to in the world!

• WildNavigator: My university days it has to be Simple Simon's in Canterbury. That was an awesome Pub and live music was just great 
• Alan_Curr: In terms of a beach bar - Anse Chastenet in St Lucia is a hotel/bar in a ridiculous setting with phenomenal sunset 
• cson: The best bar has to be Shanghai's EXPO, a good friend and I went bar hopping in the different pavilions. THE BEST 
• OurWeeTrip: Lebua Sky Bar in Bangkok! Unbelievable views...and prices
• RadissonBluAqua: The "Please Don't Tell Bar" in NYC. Located in a greasy hotdog outpost, door to the covert bar is a phonebooth. Coolest bar ever
• CityPASS: Swim up bar at Arenal Hot Springs in Costa Rica
• anyaosk: The most beautiful one is the Chandelier bar in Las Vegas 

Q4 via hobonora What is the most bizarre drink you've had on the road? 

• fromthetreetops: Wedang ronde, a hot ginger drink with large glutinous rice/peanut balls in Central Java 
• detourdumonde: In Vietnam : Vodka + snakes blood, I had to drink it with the snakes heart, still beating
• LucyCorne: Fermented horse milk in Mongolia or Chicha in Peru, which I much later learned is fermented with spit
• Jeanied1: Camel milk in Mongolia. It was a bit sour. And fizzy
• SuuperG: Hot Spicy Snail Juice Shooters in Seville
• frommuddywaters: "Chichihuasa" in Bogota: some sort of tea, alcohol and herb mixture includling a bit of pot
• JTSpurs: Tibetan butter tea
• onemanandhisbag: Kava in Viseisei village Fiji whilst couch surfing! Numb lips and NO hangover
• ellyoracle: Bulgarian Boza - looks like puke but tastes like liquefied rich tea biscuits

Q5 via StayAdventurous What drink just says "I am on holiday" to you? 

• jenna_harrison: Anything served in a pineapple is INSTANT vacation
• beyondblighty: Bottled water
• luxurytravelmel: Cold local beer... plain and simple
• Xplore724: Although I'm not a big fan of Tequila, I do love a good Margarita, especially in a tropical place 
• hobonora : Anything involving coconut or mango
• DanaStasyk: I'd say anything with alcohol in it, in the middle of the afternoon or morning
• gAdventures: Once a tiny umbrella falls into the glass, I consider myself on holiday

And there you have it, "Drinks - Types and Customs!"  

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Have YOU got anything to add to the "Drinks - Types and Customs" discussion? 

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