#TTOT Round-Up: Lakes and Oceans

Every Tuesday it's Travel Talk on Twitter! Follow the #TTOT hashtag to see what all the commotion and Tweets are about! There are two sessions to join, one at 9:30am GMT and the other at 9:30pm GMT.

Here's the round-up of this week's #TTOT: 

Q1 via hjortur: What is your dream water vacation? 

• toniwonitravels: Vacation? Screw that...I want a pair of gills so I can live in it!
• mahlatini: Retracing the foot steps of Darwin with a boat tour of the Galapagos or a cruise of the Zambezi
• WorkingTravellr: Sailing around the world. Just need to learn to sail. And a boat. And teach my girlfriend to swim 
  
• timteece: A summer ride around Alaska would be really good-looking as well
• MalloryOnTravel: The bottom of the Mariana Trench just off the Philippines, deepest trench on Earth 
  
• kitwhelan: I want to go back to Australia and sail around the Great Barrier Reef again! Once wasn't enough! 
  
• FearfulGirl: I want to do the Mediterranean in my sailboat

Sorry, FearfulGirl, your dream water vacation was MY reality in Turkey =)

Q2 via solangefrancois: Do you get seasick? How do you manage it?

• nadi_krige: Try peppermint oil on your lips! Apparently it works
• katyabroad: Steering the boat also works, kind of takes your mind of the nausea, may increase everyone else's though!
• amzkiz: Tour guide today said to always watch the horizon and stay out of the cabin
• RunawayBrit: Was told by a captain of a boat once to eat Jam. "Doesn't help with the sickness but tastes good when it comes back up"
• WanderLoz: I heard green apples help seasickness? Apparently cruise ships often have an abundance of them
• kitwhelan: Dramamine works but knocks me out. Just sit on deck and let the wind blow on your face
• driftingfocus: Saltines are your friend. Avoid it by watching the horizon

Q3 via Oysterworldwide: 3 items that you have to take when visiting the ocean/lake?

• solangefrancois: Sunnies, sunblock and drinking water
• foodieintl: Dive computer, delicious snacks, more snacks
• hyperren: Towel. Beer. Someone to fool around with
• MereB: 2 bikinis and sunscreen
• HALcruises: A Captain, a Cabin Steward and an Executive Chef
• dita_sheepo: Camera, Cold Drinks, Good Friends
• hjortur: A friend that swims slower than you is a must. You know, in case of sharks

Q4 via Roopunzel: Last time you were WOWed at Lake/Ocean view? Where? 

• AnisIbrahim: It's got to be Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
• MzansiGirl: Lake Malawi, amazing sunset over the lake surrounded by lovely hills
• hotelobby: Can we consider Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour as WOW enough?
• anyaosk: A couple of days ago, actually. I just Came back from Tuscany! Amazing sea views from little villages atop of hills
• FearfulGirl: I'm always wow-ed when I fly over any ocean—like 'wow, that is f*&%ing huge!'
• MiddleSeatView: Barbados - blows my mind even after 6 visits
• OysterWorldwide: My desktop photo is of Pokhara in Nepal, a beautiful lake with the Annapurna range in the background

Pokhara, Nepal captured my heart too, OysterWorldwide

Q5 via loco2: Where is your favorite lake/ocean spot and why? Any photos?

MalloryOnTravel: Coast of Corsica

swanny_adel: The Islands of Dalmatia, Croatia

Headredadventure: Lake Titicaca

SingleOccuBlog: San Francisco Bay.

HotelPRGuy: InterContinental Hanoi Westlake

WorkingTravellr: Olympos, Turkey

And there you have it, "Lakes and Oceans"!

Next week's #TTOT topic is: "Travel Websites" submitted by marksmayo. Submit your questions HERE! And don't forget to tune follow the #TTOT every Tuesday at 9:30am and 9:30pm GMT!

As always, a HUGE travel community thank you to our #TTOT hosts and organizers: traveldudes, roniweiss, toddwassel, traveldesigned, insidetravellab, WildJunket, tbloggersunite and mobilelawyer!

Have YOU got anything to add to the Lakes and Oceans travel discussion? 

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