Cape Town - Best be aware of the dangers out there before you find yourself unknowingly eating jellyfish or sleeping with rat! This week's discussion on #TTOT had followers' spines quivering...
Each Tuesday at 11:30 (GMT) the twitter-verse comes together to talk about one of the best subjects on the planet - Travelling. You'll come away knowing more about the world and the differences in cultures around the world. Chances are it may just spark your next holiday adventure.
This week's subject was 'Travel Gross-outs' and it certainly wasn't for the faint-hearted. If you're a true traveller, however, these tweets might just get to excited to go explore more!
The last question got the tweeters very excited, especially. This is what they had to share:
Question 5: What is the grossest food you've ever tried?
A5 We are kind of curious about the famous French cheese with live worms in it! #ttot
— Char, Carolina, Jess (@UKGlamLifestyle) September 9, 2014A5 The grossest sounding food has to be either goats bladder or fertilized egg in #vietnam - although both were surprisingly okay #TTOT
— Martin Solly (@MartinSolly) September 9, 2014A5: Grossest food I've tried - Toss up between boiled silkworm pupae or chicken rectum in #SouthKorea @MagellanPR @seleu #TTOT #Travel
— Dez (@ThisIsDez) September 9, 2014A5: Chilled whole baby octopus - the head burst in my mouth I'll never forget it #ttot @seleu
— Aneesa Dalwai (@NeesStar) September 9, 2014#ttot A5. Ducks' tongues and chickens' feet which were served stone cold. They'd have probably been better if they were hot...but then again
— Prima Visa (@PrimaVisas) September 9, 2014@traveldudes @AntiTourist Black Pudding & Haggis usually come top of the list for visitors to the UK! #TTOT pic.twitter.com/JxdQQoXb4H
— Handpicked Villas (@HandpickedVilla) September 9, 2014The rest of the conversation was equally entertaining. Rest assured that no matter how gross your travel experience might have been, someone else's was equally bad - or even worse!
Question 1: What have you done while travelling you admit was gross?
@SamanthaKWilson A dirty personal towel is better than a dirty group towel. Been there, toweled with that #TTOT
— Bijoy Venugopal (@bijoyv) September 9, 2014Oh -long drops in Indonesia were something-one was even nicknamed 'hells gate' -not a good sign @traveldudes #TTOT
— Moving Sushi (@moving_sushi) September 9, 2014Question 2: Gross hotels - where was the worst one and why?
A2: I stayed at a hotel in Armenia where you couldn't flush and they only turned the water once the loo's reached tipping point #ttot
— RealWorld Holidays (@RealWorldHols) September 9, 2014A2 A hostel in Phi Phi.. walked in and everyone had serious bed bug bites from head to toe. Walked straight back out. #nothanks #ttot
— Latedeals.co.uk (@Latedeals1) September 9, 2014A2 Hostel in Chamonix, wasn't their fault. Turns out mountain climbers have extremely smelly feet! My eyes watered... #ttot
— FindTransfers (@FindTransfers) September 9, 2014Question 3: Have you come across any local customs or traditions that have grossed you out?
A3: People spitting that red substance everywhere in #India even when its written DON'T SPIT HERE. #ttot
— Bizarre Culture (@BizarreCulture) September 9, 2014A3. I will never get over the fact that people eat dog. I know it's in their culture so I'm not knocking it, but I could never. #TTOT
— Sandy B (@SandalsDownUnda) September 9, 2014A3: We're not saying its the grossest thing ever, but sitting down for a meal of cold pig fat with Ukrainians was weird (but tasty) #ttot
— Barcelona Experience (@bcn_exp) September 9, 2014A3: Parts of Bihar India, where people hunt rats for cooking them up... so gross #ttot
— bookaHotel.in (@bookaHotel_in) September 9, 2014Question 4: What is something "normal" in your country that visitors often find gross?
A4: South Africans can be quite conservative, so beaches overseas where people whip the kits off makes us nervous & stutter a little #ttot
— Moving Sushi (@moving_sushi) September 9, 2014A4 Mopani worms in South Africa? Never tried it, I cant imagine eating worms #ttot Although it is supposedly a delicacy
— Zaid -Travpacker.com (@zaidmo) September 9, 2014A4. Poutine, a classic Canadian dish made of chips, gravy & cheese curds! Looks gross but it's delicious! #ttot pic.twitter.com/VOEdgbcVif
— GrandAmericanAd (@GrandAmericanAd) September 9, 2014A4. Some people think eating kangaroo is gross. #TTOT
— Sandy B (@SandalsDownUnda) September 9, 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 and aimed at getting travellers from all over the world to share their experiences.
Next topic, "Travel questions & answers" - be sure to add your questions on the TTOT Facebook Page.
You'd be better off joining the chat via tweetdeck or hootsuite, which allows you to follow the discussion better.
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.
