Tweets from Last Night - Time Travel
Travelers' Night In buckled up and jumped in their Dolorean last night for a chat about Time Travel! Travel lovers discussed classic destinations, and of course the future of travel. If you missed out dial up your time machine, or just read the recap below for the best of Time Travel.
Q1. Where in the world would you have wanted to be the first to set foot?
- The Moon! OK, it's not the Earth ... so ... Fenway Park! flyingwithfish
- Cairo, Egypt - imagine discovering the pyramids and all those tombs! wanderplex
- Antarctica or Easter Island. Purely for bragging rights. travel_version
- Would love to have been one of the first people to swim with the fish at the great barrier reef! LindsayTessis
- How about Niagra Falls - Real Time travel pic is from 1980 http://t.co/gAPkfVNf MarkVogler
Q2. If you could #travel back in time, in which era would you live? Why?
- I've always had a fascination with ancient Egypt. Cleopatra style of course. VSDieguez
- The present time. You can't beat the medical and tech advances we have today BespokeTravels
- definitely 40s/50s - Rockabilly for the win! jenn_seeley
- Miami in 20s! Hollywood in 50s! London in 60s! Seattle in 90s! amandaelsewhere
Q3. How do you think #travel will change in the next 10, 25 or 50 years?
- Hope we'll have individual jet packs like Jetman! http://t.co/g28EunEW innalameda
- Dunno about the next 50 years but we hope for a Star Trek future in the next 200 =) To go where no man has gone before.... NewYorkHabitat
- Well, we aren't far off from sub-space transport, so long journeys will be much easier. High speed rail more places mobilelawyer
- Faster planes and perhaps TELEPORTATION??? And GREENER travel - zero reliance on fossil fuels! RachelChaikof
Q4. What would you #travel back in time to photograph?
- Easy, big bang eyeno
- The Wright brothers first flight...beginning of travel as we know it! ZipSetAndrea
- I want to go back to the day that Christ supposedly rose from the dead and have a front cave seat for that. mobilelawyer
- those last hrs of the dinosaurs & whatever other wildlife roamed the planet back then kymri
Q5. What destinations remain timeless? Photos?
- Mainland China kinda seemed stuck in time, the countryside is quite beautiful NewYorkHabitat
- Angkor Wat is what first comes to mind. It's easy to imagine what it looked like thousands of years ago LindsayTessis
- #Antarctica! Brr. MVluxuryhotels
- Maui :) Photo: http://t.co/ciKVX8zd Viator_Hawaii
- the river Nile. http://t.co/WfuQb7CX misha_oz
- The redwood coastal forest remains timeless, where it still thrives. http://t.co/odg9EXLN USelaine
- Persepolis in Iran (formerly Persia) hasn't changed all that much in 2500 years http://t.co/zOdRNcKM -photos from @NatGeoMag Marilyn_Res
Q6. What will be the best destinations to visit in 2025? Why?
- Best destination to visit in 2025 will be Mexico as more impressive archaeological sites will be discovered. VisitMexicoLA
- The moon or Antarctica, I expect a Disney park on either by then anyway SuzeMars
- I hope by 2025 Afghanistan is safe, it looks beautiful lapearce
- Arizona, all the beach front property after we lose California chris2x
Q7. What do you miss most about #travel in the past?
- People dressing in real clothes on planes, not pjs and tank tops GirlontheGoJan
- I miss the days when 12,482 people weren't writing books about their RTW travels ;) mobilelawyer
- Where you could pack liquids in your carry-on MVluxuryhotels
- Meeting your loved ones at the gate. Just not as romantic at baggage claim! CNTraveler
Q8. What past trip would you do over again? What would you change?
- Studying in Greece. I'd only change my return ticket to a later date. christinenspain
- Definitely hike the Inca trail again this time after working out beforehand. NewYorkHabitat
- Back to mind-boggling Egypt, minus the crippling protozoan in my stomach... DitchCity
- I'd go back to every place I've been for work and do it again with my family :) kymri
Q9. Travel mistake you’d go back in time to correct?
- My positioning at La Tomatina! I thought I had a wicked spot and by the time I realized I didn't it was too late! CailinONeil
- Shutting my eyes when going up the Eiffel Tower when I was 9. springobrien
- Black level slope 52, Cimo Uomo, Passo San Pellegrino on 23 March, 2011. foodieintl
- Keeping all cash/cards in 1 wallet. It was stolen, I spent months on phone w/bank CNTraveler
- Choosing Hawaii instead of Europe for my HS graduation present. What was I thinking? CaptainandClark
Q10. Person you’d go back in time to #travel with?
- Mark Twain, he would be a hoot as a travel buddy lapearce
- Lewis & Clark! Original cartographers. What an epic journey! CaptainandClark
- And I don't need to go back to far in time for this one...I'd travel with Richard Branson yesterday. mobilelawyer
- Or Hemingway. Maybe broody but certainly interesting! TravelMaestro
- Easy. Nicholas Tesla without a doubt would make a great travel buddy, also Charles Darwin NewYorkHabitat
A special thanks to Flyingwithfish, Jenn_seeley, and Joeoptions for helping us host!
Make sure to check out #TNI next Thursday at 3:30ET when Room_77 is giving out major swag (including hotel vouchers)!

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