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We love taking a few snaps while on holiday, keeping memories alive, and sharing our experiences in the world's most beautiful and fascinating places to visit with our friends. Good travel photographs capture the very essence of a destination, whether it be a famous landmark, colorful culture, architecture, history, or local cuisine.
We celebrate amazing travel photography and rightly so, but what about the times when it all goes wrong? Those hilarious occasions when people have traveled across the world and completely failed to share its beauty in a photograph. Times when they would've found more culture in their local supermarket than that blurry pic of the pyramids. This list of disappointing travel photos is funny for its self-awareness. These people understand the irony of traveling thousands of miles to see a tourist attraction that just happens to be cloaked in fog or undergoing repairs.
Scroll down below to see a collection of the very worst travel images of gorgeous places to see ever taken, and share your own in the comments!
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#1
I Finally Got To See The Golden Gate Bridge Today
So how can we improve our travel photography? Expert Vagabond has a few handy tips for beginners.
Wake Up Early, Stay Out Late: "The early bird gets the worm. I’m sure you’ve heard that phrase. Well, it’s also very true for travel photography. Light is the most important ingredient for great photography — and soft, warm, morning light creates amazing images."
Pre-Trip Location Scouting: "Read travel guidebooks about your destination. Scour the internet for articles and blog posts to help give you ideas for photos. Talk to friends who have been there. Reach out to other photographers. Become more knowledgeable about which images will capture the essence of a place."
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#2
Not Mount Rushmore, But I Woke Up At 3am And Hiked Up Machu Picchu To Be There At Sunrise...
#3
Traveled Thousands Of Miles To See The Big Ben
Marcus Morgan 6 years ago
Look on the bright side. Big Ben is actually the name of the bell hidden inside the clocktower, so very few Other people have seen it either!
Rich Walker 6 years ago
It's not even Big Ben, it's the Elizabeth Tower, Big Ben is the bell inside it.
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Nupraptor 6 years ago
I just got back from London. I went knowing that the Elizabeth Tower was under under renovations since there's a ton more things to see & do in London. Plus, look at it this way: It's only going to look like this for a short time so you'll be one of the few (thousand) people to photograph it like this.
Aria FAFAT 6 years ago
The Big Ben is having his self-care time. You know, the works: full body massage, face mask, hand massage, oiling of the gears, bit of a paint here and there...
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
The hand massage is going to be the big payoff in the end...
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C Hypercube 6 years ago
Imagine Apollo 13's caption " flying for 3 days crammed in a tin can just to get to the Moon and not being able to land".
Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
Why go to see the stuff we have all seen countless photos of. I would much rather go and hang out with the locals instead of that.
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
I usually just buy a postcard of the famous stuff and then take my own photos of stuff like shops with hares and pheasants hung by their feet on either side of the door (London, 1978) or a family of four on a bicycle and a family of six on a scooter (Mandalay, 2001).
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Sessanta Sei 6 years ago
You wouldn’t see Big Ben anyway. It’s the bell, not the tower... 🤦🏻♀️
Amelia stephenson 6 years ago
😂😂😂 I live in london and was walking past here the other day with these covers still over it thinking "tourist are pissed if they came to see big Ben and this is how it looks"
Martti Laurson 6 years ago
If you do not do your homework before you travel, you can only blame yourself. It has been covered over the world that Big Ben is undergoing renovations.
Maureen Matthew 6 years ago
Same thing happened at Vimy Ridge - for a Canadian seeing the monument at Vimy is a defining moment - taking Vimy Ridge made Canada a nation in WW1. But when we got there the monument was covered in scaffolding for repairs Sigh
Rob Hersey 6 years ago
yep. Last july for me. I had no idea it was being worked on was truly disapppointed.
Melanin Mo 6 years ago
my friend was over there during this time which i believe is still happening 7/20/19 but snap chat had a filter that removes the construction
Azzie Bear 6 years ago
Just back twi weeks ago. London looks like a child thays broken every bone in its body and covered in casts. B##TARDS
TigerDRena 6 years ago
My boyfriend and I also went to London last year and sadly both - Westminster Palace and the Big Ben have been under a still ungoing restoration
Jonathon Smith 6 years ago (edited)
Can we all just agree that the tower IS in fact called 'Big Ben' because that's what everyone calls it? I mean, it's OK to say 'the tower got its name from its bell,' but it just stretches credulity to argue 'it's not called Big Ben, that's the name of the bell'
Jon Robinson 6 years ago
No, the tower is called the Elizabeth Tower and the bell is Big Ben
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Rule of Thirds: "One of the most basic and classic of photography tips, understanding the Rule of Thirds will help you create more balanced compositions. Imagine breaking an image down into thirds horizontally and vertically, so it’s split into different sections."
"The goal is to place important parts of the photo into those sections and help frame the overall image in a way that’s pleasing to the eye. For example, placing a person along the left grid line rather than directly in the center. Or keeping your horizon on the bottom third, rather than splitting the image in half. Remember to keep that horizon straight too!"
"Composing using the Rule of Thirds is easily done by turning on your camera’s “grid” feature, which displays a rule of thirds grid directly on your LCD screen specifically for this purpose. Now, before you compose a travel photo, you should be asking yourself: What are the key points of interest in this shot? Where should I intentionally place them on the grid? Paying attention to these details will improve the look of your images."
#4
After Our 9 Hour Car Ride, This Is The Picture My Mom Took Of Us At Mt. Rushmore
#5
Took A 6 Hour Coach Journey To See The View From Hitler’s Eagles Nest (Bavaria, Germany)
Make Photography A Priority: "Attempting to take quick snapshots as you rush from one location to another will leave you with the same boring photos everyone else has. Make sure you plan “photography time” into your travel schedule. Good travel photography requires a solid time commitment on your part."
Patience Is Everything: "Photography is about really seeing what’s in front of you. Not just with your eyes, but with your heart & mind too. This requires dedicated time and attention. Slow down and make a conscious effort at becoming aware of your surroundings before pressing the shutter."
"Pay attention to details. Are the clouds in an eye-pleasing spot? If not, will they look better in 15 minutes? Sit at a photogenic street corner and wait for a photogenic subject to pass by. Then wait some more, because you might get an even better shot. Or not. But if you don’t have the patience to try, you might miss a fantastic photo opportunity! Good photography takes time. Are you willing to spend a few hours waiting for the perfect shot? Because that’s what professionals do. The more patience you have, the better your travel photography will turn out in the long run."
#6
Planned A Dream Trip To China. This Is What The Great Wall Looked Like
#7
4 Days Of Trekking Through Mud To Machu Picchu Resulted In This Glorious View
Always Bring A Camera: "There is a saying in photography that “the best camera is the one you have with you”. Be ready for anything, and always carry a camera around, because luck plays a pretty key role in travel photography. The difference between an amateur photographer and a pro is that the pro is planning in advance for this luck, ready to take advantage of these special serendipitous moments that will happen from time to time."
"You never know what kind of incredible photo opportunity might present itself while you’re traveling. Maybe while out walking you happen to stumble upon a brilliant pink sunset, a rare animal, or some random street performance. Keep your camera on you, charged up, and ready for action at all times."
For even more great tips like these, as well as some of the most amazing travel shots, check out Expert Vagabond for yourself!
#8
I Saved Up My Entire Life For A Dream Trip To Mt Fuji. Here's The Best Photo From It
#9
This Is Me Experiencing The Grand Canyon
#10
Mt. Everest View At A Peak In Nepal
ADHORTATOR 6 years ago
Happened to me for Mont Blanc....always foggy wehen I was there...four times
#11
Drove All The Way From Southern California To See The Golden Gate Bridge
#12
Flew To The National Gallery In London To See Van Gogh's Sunflowers (Free Entrance) Only To Learn It's Been Loaned To Another Exhibition With $25 Entrance Fee....
Final score:
143points
Lisa Chambers 6 years ago
We were pumped up to go see Monet at the Albertina in Austria, to learn that most of them had been loaned to tour America. We are Americans.
#13
I Flew 10+ Hours To See Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
Edgar Rops 6 years ago
Actually, this is perversely fortunate: it usually looks like Cinderella's Castle. With all that fog it looks like count Dracula's. Creepy...
#14
Drove 1 1/2 Hours Out Of Our Way To See Mount Rushmore. It Was Foggy When We Got There
#15
My Parents Got To Visit Mt. Rushmore Today For The First Time. The View Is Spectacular!
#16
I Drove 21 Hours To Mount Rainier, And It Was Cloaked In Fog For Days
#17
Climbed To The Top Of Mt Fuji To See Sunrise At 04.30, But It Was Foggy And Wet And Cold
#18
8 Hour Flight, 5 Weeks Of Anticipation, And An Hour Long Bus Ride To See The Cliffs Of Moher. Fog Had Other Plans
#19
I Went On A Three Week Trek Around Mt. Manaslu In The Himalayas. Part Of It Peeked Through The Clouds One Time...
#20
Hiked 4 Days To See Machu Picchu
C Hypercube 6 years ago
It's 1AM and I read it as "hiked 4 days to see Pikachu". I should go get some sleep.
#21
The Time I Flew 13 Hours To See The Great Wall
#22
Went To Visit Casa Batlló In Barcelona
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
There are many, many buildings in this style al over Barcelona. Missing one is not a tragedy.
#23
Traveled All The Down To See The Golden Gate Bridge And This Is What I Got
#24
Traveled To Wittenberg, Germany In 2011. The Door Martin Luther Nailed The 95 Thesis To Was Being Restored
#25
My Trip To Mount Rushmore Last Year
#26
Flew To Another Continent To Watch The Glacier 3000, Cant Say Worth It
#27
This Is Why Selfie Sticks Were Invented
#28
When You Go To London To See Big Ben
SirPatTheCat 6 years ago
But isn't it fairly common news that it was going to be under construction for 4 years? I don't even live in the UK
#29
The Spectacle That Is Mount Rushmore
#30
Went Out Of My Way To Visit Crater Lake
#31
Went To The Top Of Mt Pilatus In Lucerne, It Was Cloudy...
#32
Flew 6,000 Km's To See The Night Watch ...
vita ariztegui 6 years ago
saw it last year and it was IMPRESSIVE. wish you could go back and finally have the experience yourself!
#34
My Trip To The Grand Canyon
#35
It’s Not Mount Rushmore Or Machu Picchu, But This Was Our View Of The Grand Canyon After Coming Down From Canada
CbusResident 6 years ago
This is why sometimes you do want to do things exactly when all the tourists do; I got to the GC in early August, it was packed with tourists, but in the bright, blazing sunshine it looked like a storybook image of a romantic Old West drama.
#36
I Raise You “Traveled 10 Hours To The Grand Canyon”
#38
Mt Fuji In Tokyo Was On My Bucket List Unfortunately It Was Foggy... Left The Next Day Disappointed In Life
#39
I Flew Into Colorado Today Then The First Thing I Did Was Climb Mount Quandary, This Was The View From The Top
#41
I Live In Texas Where I Do Not Get To See The Ocean A Lot. I Was Excited To Go On A Business Trip To Santa Barbara And See Sunny California. I Supposedly Came The One Week Out Of The Year It Rains
#42
4 And A Half Hour Hike, The Smoke Came When We Got To The Top
#43
My Trip To The Edge Of The Grand Canyon A Few Years Ago. Once In A Lifetime Event
Zelda Blue 6 years ago
I was at this spot as well to see the Grand Canyon. I got to see a line of tourists that had just unloaded from a bus all standing in line with their cell phones and selfie sticks waiting for their chance to stand on that rock and take a picture. When they were done they all lined up against the railing. We had to drive to another spot to view the canyon.
#44
Mnt Fuji Everyone. Took A Two Hour Train To The Wrong Stop. Missed A Train And Wade It To Mnt Fuji. Was Not Disappointed
#45
I Was Finally Able To Take Some Paid Leave, Worth Every Penny!
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Randy Dhuyvetter 6 years ago
If you going specifically to see a certain landmark, you may want to check for renovations ahead of time. Else, you have only yourself to blame.
Carol Emory 6 years ago
I was going to say the same thing. Most attractions on tourists guides will publicly list on their websites when certain landmarks will be unavailable. As far as not being able to see the mountains, bridges, or high elevation sites, that takes some studying of weather in the area to find out the best time to visit...but not all is guaranteed.
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Joley Hidaka 6 years ago
And yet, although you didn't get to see the one thing, were you not able to say "OMG I was able to travel to [England; China; South America; etc.] and it was AMAZING?!?!?! #worldssmallestviolin
Janet Schmehl 6 years ago
"45 Times Tourists Traveled To See Their Favorite Places But WERE Disappointed". Doesn't that sound better? More and more frequently I see the word 'got' where it doesn't belong. Try 'was' or 'were' in place of 'got' to see if it fits better.
Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
How about a thread on the worst photography mistakes you have made. I can gladly contribute with two of mine: Picture this absolutely wonderful day at a great spot to enjoy the pink flamingoes at a crater lake in Mexico. This was way before digital photography and yes, I was disappointed when I realized that I had loaded a black and white film by mistake, then taken photos that were all about colour and not at all about composition. Facepalm. And the try to imagine my facial expression when I went to put a new film in the camera after having shot a whole film of young hippos playing in the river, and ... unfortunately there was no film in it!
Zelda Blue 6 years ago
Mother nature is fickle, she will rain on your parade or fog it in whenever she gets a chance. I have found that even if I can't see what I came to see, the trip itself is what matters.
Honey 6 years ago
If I was travelling so far to see something I've been dying to see, I would do research. Important! Like Big Ben.. just do a check up. I'm sure if you googled it, there would be something about construction. I would look to see if there was a time of year that is preferable so fog would be less of an issue, etc..
Fixin'Ta 6 years ago
Maybe it's not about the photo op. Maybe it's about being able to see the darned thing, period. If you go to see Mt. Rushmore and it's foggy and you don't see Mt. Rushmore ... yeah, I think you'd be a little disappointed in that, not so much that you didn't get a picture. (Of course, if it's just that your photographer didn't pay attention and you DID at least get to see the thing, that's another story.)
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Thomas Earley 6 years ago
I think people should go somewhere for the experience and not the photo. The world is about people, not bits of giant old stone.
Joannie Goulet 6 years ago
The only time I travelled outside my country, Canada, was to visit the UK in 2011. When we reached the Scottish Highlands we got hit by the remnant of hurricane Katia and it was either too windy, too rainy or too foggy to see anything. It was a total disaster and my loch cruise was cancelled. :( On the bright side, it was the first and only time I got to see a real tropical storm.
Erika Jones 6 years ago
My husband booked us an oceanside hotel for the last night of our honeymoon. When we got there it was blanketed in a deep fog and we could barely see the ocean. We could still hear the surf and feel the spray, though, so it was still enjoyable!
Katinka Min 6 years ago
People travel too much to just collect stupid pics of themselves in front of something. Tourism pays my bills but it also destroys the planet and the places we all visit like crazy,
tuzdayschild 6 years ago
I think we can all agree that fog is no longer welcome on this planet.
Arkeen 6 years ago
So this people go to places and expect everything to be as they wish ? For ... pictures ? Damn, just be grateful for being there, enjoy the trip, and learn that weahter and renovations actually are things way beyond your pictures. IMHO, travelling is not about pictures, and there is nothing "disappointing" in not being able to get the shot you wanted ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
KatKaleen 6 years ago
This made me realize something. I got around quite a bit when I worked as a travel agent, but I think I didn't take a single picture of or for myself. Took lots of pictures of/for people in my travel groups, but didn't even think of taking a snap of myself until now. Does that mean I was never really there?
Tigger O 6 years ago (edited)
Not at all. It means you were REALLY there, not acting out some fntasy in which YOU were more important than the site you went to see.
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Keith Dutton 6 years ago
Long before the Internet, I used to live about 2 hours from Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. On a clear day you could see the Atlantic Ocean. And it could be clear in the valley, but not the mountaintop. Fortunately, at the entrance gate, they always had a sign stating visibility and temperature on the peak. I turned around many times.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 6 years ago
Seems like people need to stop visiting their dream locations during early spring and late fall... they're off season for a reason folks :P lol
Octavia Hansen 6 years ago
Maybe these people are just SAYING they went to these places, just to make you think they did interesting things . . . is that REALLY the Grand Canyon or Mt Rushmore? Or did they just hang out in bars and hotels?
Chris Kourou 6 years ago
Bottom line: you got to be lucky visiting mount rushmore, grand canyon and machu picchu
bob 6 years ago
Always check the weather before organizing a trip to Mt Fuji. The area is quite often cloudy... When I went there for the first time, I made sure to go there as early as possible. The idea behind this being that should the weather not be ideal, I'd go back at a later point during the trip. The JR Pass is very flexible and cancelling and booking hotels is very easy in Japan.
Paolo 6 years ago
No fog but construction works. On the other hand, seconds before this picture the camera had said "SD card error", so we were quite relieved nonetheless. 2017-06-12...7579eb.jpg 
FloC 6 years ago (edited)
You're lucky. I went to a colleague's wedding in India and the family had booked a bus for the Europeans who joined for the wedding to see the Taj Mahal. We left late, had to wait for the bride's uncle who was going to be our guide, stopped for a "quick snack" in a restaurant but when you're about 35 people, it doesn't get that quick. Apparently the bus driver wanted to save the toll money so took us by smaller roads instead of the highway. In the end we arrived at the Taj Mahal 2 minutes after they closed the gates. Then we took rikshaws to go to the other gate but by the time we got there, it was dark and we couldn't see the Taj Mahal. At least we have a story to tell and it's still a joke among us :D Also took my mother to see the nothern lights in Norway but it was snowing... had a nice trip anyway.
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Lynne Darroch 6 years ago
In 2015, we travelled to Paris. My husband is very keen on Rodin, and was excited to go to the Rodin museum and garden. By chance there was a Rodin exhibit that summer in Montreal, where we live, so we did a warm-up for Paris by visiting it - it was a comprehensive and large exhibit, quite good. One month later, we are in Paris, going into the museum, whereupon we discover that only the garden was open. The entire museum building was under renovation, and, the contents of the collection had been shipped to... Montreal. I don't think they'd ever been sent out like this before, so, unintentional win for us.
Ken Murray 6 years ago
Most of those pictures had stories to tell even if they didn't turn out the way expected. I always buy postcards of the sites I like and then take a picture of myself at the site.
Nicole Holt 6 years ago
HA!!! I went to Mt. Fuji and all we got was fog. Made a video of it. You can see tourists and the tourist center at Station 5. And Fog. Lots of Fog.
Louise Brigance 6 years ago
Fog seems to be the reoccurring theme here. There are certain times of the year fog is more prevalent so it may help to read up on it.
misteriosa 6 years ago
Oh, this hurts my soul. From my childhood home (garden more precisely), I had a great view of a mountain over my city, and near the top it had a relay, tall, white and orange/red. I spent all my chiodhood and youth, during and after the war, I spent hundreds of hours looking up there, wishing I go and see the relay up close. On April 25th 2010 a local group of mountaineers organized a hike to the top of the mountain, and I thought my wish would come true, I was ecstatic to say the least.So, we started the walk on a cloudy day (top was visible), went into dense fog and light rain and cca 8m visibility, 4h hike up, 4h hike down, passed the relay twice, never got to see it at all (wasn't even aware of passing it), came to the top, everything around was white, I wouldn't be able to orientate myself at all. When we came down, the clouds scattered and it turned to a nice sunny day, ofc, the top being visible. On seldom occasions I swore more than that day, and never went up there afterwards.
Bored Moogle 6 years ago
Most of these could be solved by not going in the damn morning. Let the fog rise for a while.
Rina R. N. 6 years ago
Quit blaming mother nature/human ingenuity for your own lack of photography skills.
Stormschance 6 years ago
Heard a lot about how beautiful Cornwall was, go to Cornwall they said, you'll love it. so went to Cornwall for a week. Best photo, dim car headlights seen through fog.
Carol Lewis 6 years ago
Planned and saved for a year to visit family in Montana, our longed for retirement reward trip. Drive through yellowstone, Idaho.See Shasta mountain. So excited. Fire. Smoke. Couldn't see, breathe. Miserable. Did enjoy visiting family. Trip up pulling trailer, tranny died. Sold trailer to pay for tranny. Trip back smoke so bad it was scarey driving in daylight. Trip from hell. Money wasted. Happy retirement.
Matthew Smith 6 years ago
It's a shame I don't have a photo but my parents went to Niagara Falls and it was FROZEN!
Bri Nicole 6 years ago
All I get from this is that people don't check to see if there will be renovations and that no one thinks to check the forecast.
iblowsheep 6 years ago
yep. Mother Nature does not plan her weather around your traveling agendas.
Martata 6 years ago
They should put a picture of what it looks like on the side of their picture so we would know what it's missing like some of them did.
Bumblebee 6 years ago
Just a quick google image search helps. It doesn't take long. Especially since there were many of the same places in this list.
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Ryo Bakura 6 years ago
I'd still rather see these sites as they're shown here than the Cats movie.
Elizabeth 6 years ago
many people book those trips months and months in advance, airling tickets sell long before there's any semblance of a weather report available
Load More Replies... Randy Dhuyvetter 6 years ago
If you going specifically to see a certain landmark, you may want to check for renovations ahead of time. Else, you have only yourself to blame.
Carol Emory 6 years ago
I was going to say the same thing. Most attractions on tourists guides will publicly list on their websites when certain landmarks will be unavailable. As far as not being able to see the mountains, bridges, or high elevation sites, that takes some studying of weather in the area to find out the best time to visit...but not all is guaranteed.
Load More Replies... Joley Hidaka 6 years ago
And yet, although you didn't get to see the one thing, were you not able to say "OMG I was able to travel to [England; China; South America; etc.] and it was AMAZING?!?!?! #worldssmallestviolin
Janet Schmehl 6 years ago
"45 Times Tourists Traveled To See Their Favorite Places But WERE Disappointed". Doesn't that sound better? More and more frequently I see the word 'got' where it doesn't belong. Try 'was' or 'were' in place of 'got' to see if it fits better.
Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
How about a thread on the worst photography mistakes you have made. I can gladly contribute with two of mine: Picture this absolutely wonderful day at a great spot to enjoy the pink flamingoes at a crater lake in Mexico. This was way before digital photography and yes, I was disappointed when I realized that I had loaded a black and white film by mistake, then taken photos that were all about colour and not at all about composition. Facepalm. And the try to imagine my facial expression when I went to put a new film in the camera after having shot a whole film of young hippos playing in the river, and ... unfortunately there was no film in it!
Zelda Blue 6 years ago
Mother nature is fickle, she will rain on your parade or fog it in whenever she gets a chance. I have found that even if I can't see what I came to see, the trip itself is what matters.
Honey 6 years ago
If I was travelling so far to see something I've been dying to see, I would do research. Important! Like Big Ben.. just do a check up. I'm sure if you googled it, there would be something about construction. I would look to see if there was a time of year that is preferable so fog would be less of an issue, etc..
Fixin'Ta 6 years ago
Maybe it's not about the photo op. Maybe it's about being able to see the darned thing, period. If you go to see Mt. Rushmore and it's foggy and you don't see Mt. Rushmore ... yeah, I think you'd be a little disappointed in that, not so much that you didn't get a picture. (Of course, if it's just that your photographer didn't pay attention and you DID at least get to see the thing, that's another story.)
Load More Replies... Thomas Earley 6 years ago
I think people should go somewhere for the experience and not the photo. The world is about people, not bits of giant old stone.
Joannie Goulet 6 years ago
The only time I travelled outside my country, Canada, was to visit the UK in 2011. When we reached the Scottish Highlands we got hit by the remnant of hurricane Katia and it was either too windy, too rainy or too foggy to see anything. It was a total disaster and my loch cruise was cancelled. :( On the bright side, it was the first and only time I got to see a real tropical storm.
Erika Jones 6 years ago
My husband booked us an oceanside hotel for the last night of our honeymoon. When we got there it was blanketed in a deep fog and we could barely see the ocean. We could still hear the surf and feel the spray, though, so it was still enjoyable!
Katinka Min 6 years ago
People travel too much to just collect stupid pics of themselves in front of something. Tourism pays my bills but it also destroys the planet and the places we all visit like crazy,
tuzdayschild 6 years ago
I think we can all agree that fog is no longer welcome on this planet.
Arkeen 6 years ago
So this people go to places and expect everything to be as they wish ? For ... pictures ? Damn, just be grateful for being there, enjoy the trip, and learn that weahter and renovations actually are things way beyond your pictures. IMHO, travelling is not about pictures, and there is nothing "disappointing" in not being able to get the shot you wanted ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
KatKaleen 6 years ago
This made me realize something. I got around quite a bit when I worked as a travel agent, but I think I didn't take a single picture of or for myself. Took lots of pictures of/for people in my travel groups, but didn't even think of taking a snap of myself until now. Does that mean I was never really there?
Tigger O 6 years ago (edited)
Not at all. It means you were REALLY there, not acting out some fntasy in which YOU were more important than the site you went to see.
Load More Replies... Keith Dutton 6 years ago
Long before the Internet, I used to live about 2 hours from Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. On a clear day you could see the Atlantic Ocean. And it could be clear in the valley, but not the mountaintop. Fortunately, at the entrance gate, they always had a sign stating visibility and temperature on the peak. I turned around many times.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 6 years ago
Seems like people need to stop visiting their dream locations during early spring and late fall... they're off season for a reason folks :P lol
Octavia Hansen 6 years ago
Maybe these people are just SAYING they went to these places, just to make you think they did interesting things . . . is that REALLY the Grand Canyon or Mt Rushmore? Or did they just hang out in bars and hotels?
Chris Kourou 6 years ago
Bottom line: you got to be lucky visiting mount rushmore, grand canyon and machu picchu
bob 6 years ago
Always check the weather before organizing a trip to Mt Fuji. The area is quite often cloudy... When I went there for the first time, I made sure to go there as early as possible. The idea behind this being that should the weather not be ideal, I'd go back at a later point during the trip. The JR Pass is very flexible and cancelling and booking hotels is very easy in Japan.
Paolo 6 years ago
No fog but construction works. On the other hand, seconds before this picture the camera had said "SD card error", so we were quite relieved nonetheless. 2017-06-12...7579eb.jpg
FloC 6 years ago (edited)
You're lucky. I went to a colleague's wedding in India and the family had booked a bus for the Europeans who joined for the wedding to see the Taj Mahal. We left late, had to wait for the bride's uncle who was going to be our guide, stopped for a "quick snack" in a restaurant but when you're about 35 people, it doesn't get that quick. Apparently the bus driver wanted to save the toll money so took us by smaller roads instead of the highway. In the end we arrived at the Taj Mahal 2 minutes after they closed the gates. Then we took rikshaws to go to the other gate but by the time we got there, it was dark and we couldn't see the Taj Mahal. At least we have a story to tell and it's still a joke among us :D Also took my mother to see the nothern lights in Norway but it was snowing... had a nice trip anyway.
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Lynne Darroch 6 years ago
In 2015, we travelled to Paris. My husband is very keen on Rodin, and was excited to go to the Rodin museum and garden. By chance there was a Rodin exhibit that summer in Montreal, where we live, so we did a warm-up for Paris by visiting it - it was a comprehensive and large exhibit, quite good. One month later, we are in Paris, going into the museum, whereupon we discover that only the garden was open. The entire museum building was under renovation, and, the contents of the collection had been shipped to... Montreal. I don't think they'd ever been sent out like this before, so, unintentional win for us.
Ken Murray 6 years ago
Most of those pictures had stories to tell even if they didn't turn out the way expected. I always buy postcards of the sites I like and then take a picture of myself at the site.
Nicole Holt 6 years ago
HA!!! I went to Mt. Fuji and all we got was fog. Made a video of it. You can see tourists and the tourist center at Station 5. And Fog. Lots of Fog.
Louise Brigance 6 years ago
Fog seems to be the reoccurring theme here. There are certain times of the year fog is more prevalent so it may help to read up on it.
misteriosa 6 years ago
Oh, this hurts my soul. From my childhood home (garden more precisely), I had a great view of a mountain over my city, and near the top it had a relay, tall, white and orange/red. I spent all my chiodhood and youth, during and after the war, I spent hundreds of hours looking up there, wishing I go and see the relay up close. On April 25th 2010 a local group of mountaineers organized a hike to the top of the mountain, and I thought my wish would come true, I was ecstatic to say the least.So, we started the walk on a cloudy day (top was visible), went into dense fog and light rain and cca 8m visibility, 4h hike up, 4h hike down, passed the relay twice, never got to see it at all (wasn't even aware of passing it), came to the top, everything around was white, I wouldn't be able to orientate myself at all. When we came down, the clouds scattered and it turned to a nice sunny day, ofc, the top being visible. On seldom occasions I swore more than that day, and never went up there afterwards.
Bored Moogle 6 years ago
Most of these could be solved by not going in the damn morning. Let the fog rise for a while.
Rina R. N. 6 years ago
Quit blaming mother nature/human ingenuity for your own lack of photography skills.
Stormschance 6 years ago
Heard a lot about how beautiful Cornwall was, go to Cornwall they said, you'll love it. so went to Cornwall for a week. Best photo, dim car headlights seen through fog.
Carol Lewis 6 years ago
Planned and saved for a year to visit family in Montana, our longed for retirement reward trip. Drive through yellowstone, Idaho.See Shasta mountain. So excited. Fire. Smoke. Couldn't see, breathe. Miserable. Did enjoy visiting family. Trip up pulling trailer, tranny died. Sold trailer to pay for tranny. Trip back smoke so bad it was scarey driving in daylight. Trip from hell. Money wasted. Happy retirement.
Matthew Smith 6 years ago
It's a shame I don't have a photo but my parents went to Niagara Falls and it was FROZEN!
Bri Nicole 6 years ago
All I get from this is that people don't check to see if there will be renovations and that no one thinks to check the forecast.
iblowsheep 6 years ago
yep. Mother Nature does not plan her weather around your traveling agendas.
Martata 6 years ago
They should put a picture of what it looks like on the side of their picture so we would know what it's missing like some of them did.
Bumblebee 6 years ago
Just a quick google image search helps. It doesn't take long. Especially since there were many of the same places in this list.
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I'd still rather see these sites as they're shown here than the Cats movie.
Elizabeth 6 years ago
many people book those trips months and months in advance, airling tickets sell long before there's any semblance of a weather report available
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