dr3upmushroom
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Isn't there a no photo policy? Even so, taking a pic of it is fucking stupid. More so than the people who do the leaning tower pic.
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Tourist places that don't look quite like the pictures
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Trevi Fountain, Italy.
Reality:
Well to be fair, most of the locations I went to in italy were jam packed with people. I usually had to cram myself in to see things like Pieta and what not. Still worth it and awesome to see everything.
Honolulu. Waikiki is a fun area, but the city itself is, well, standard city fare.
What's shown in tourist cards:
What you see when you're in the city proper:
It's not about whether things look better or worse when seen from different perspectives, it's about telling more information about the locale. In Hawaii's case nearly every other beach besides Waikiki is incredible though. Especially Maui's beaches, which looks exactly as it does in pictures, in reality.
What's shown in tourist cards:
What you see when you're in the city proper:
It's not about whether things look better or worse when seen from different perspectives, it's about telling more information about the locale. In Hawaii's case nearly every other beach besides Waikiki is incredible though. Especially Maui's beaches, which looks exactly as it does in pictures, in reality.
ZackieChan
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The fight I saw between a homeless mentally I'll preacher and a passerby probably colored my experience that 2nd time I went. First time was alright. Got a guy to write my girlfriends name in dolphin pictures.
DOWN
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This thread is way less scandalous than I expected. Most of these look like there's nothing misleading in the first pics. Just seems like people here have some strange expectations they need to get in check.
Perfect example:
Perfect example:
What did you expect of those buildings when you aren't near the beach?
mercenar1e
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It's the triple shitter
Marion Cobretti
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Once you're actually inside the "park", there's zero chance of seeing that KFC.
That looks awesome. I get to eat pizza and see pyramids? I must make it my life goal to go to that pizza hut.
Fenderputty
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345triangle
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as already noted, the great sphinx is even worse for this than the pyramids. it's literally opposite a combination pizza hut and KFC.
you do get a pretty good view of the pyramids while eating pizza!
none of this is to take much away from the overall site, though. egypt in general is one of the most amazing places in the world to visit as a tourist.
you do get a pretty good view of the pyramids while eating pizza!
none of this is to take much away from the overall site, though. egypt in general is one of the most amazing places in the world to visit as a tourist.
milanbaros
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Why were you taking a photo of a painting?
You Are Viewtiful
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Hmm, I thought the opposite! I think the pyramid example is bad; when you're going to see the Pyramids, there's going to be mostly desert around you.
When you go to see a nice angle of the Golden Gate Bridge, you'll be in that shitty looking tourist trap place. Makes me think twice about visiting. Maybe it's just good for pictures.
I've eaten there after I saw it in another GAF thread. If u tip the staff they let u go up to the roof for even better views. Worth it.
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This is the awful truth. I can't afford to travel to Europe.
ambientric
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Worst in my experience was all the shitty/pushy/rude African street hustlers in Paris and the ridiculous plastic crap they are trying to harass you into buying.
A problem throughout Europe, but especially obnoxious in Paris.
A problem throughout Europe, but especially obnoxious in Paris.
themadcowtipper
Smells faintly of rancid stilton.
The Alamo. All pics hide the fact it is downtown. No basement either.
NoFaceNico
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Sorry, hopeless romantics, but you'll never be able to have sex under the Eiffel Tower.
It's quite a view at the top, but you won't have it to yourself.
Also, did you know that there's a restaurant inside the Eiffel Tower?
It's quite a view at the top, but you won't have it to yourself.
Also, did you know that there's a restaurant inside the Eiffel Tower?
nephilimdj
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Every pic of Amsterdam has a insane amount of HDR to make it 100 times more colourful then it is
The Living Tribunal
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Sorry, hopeless romantics, but you'll never be able to have sex under the Eiffel Tower.
Challenge accepted.
Chairmanchuck
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Dream:
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Scammers all around the Eiffeltower.
"Deaf" girls trying to get some money out of you.
Coin scams, where people try to steal your bag.
Fixed that for you.
Business
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Hollywood Boulevard in pictures:
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Came to post this one.
And I didn't even consider that all the rubble would still be there, lol.
You think the White House looks like this:
When actually it looks like this:
I hope someday they actually retire the White House and the President lives somewhere else so the citizens can check it out like a museum.
Hidden One
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Wow at the Pyramids.
ConfusingJazz
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The two biggest disappointments in my travels have been the Temple of Artemis and the Roman Forum.
The Temple of Artemis is now a column with a bird's nest on top in the middle of a swamp.
The Roman Forum is just a heap of marble. I mean, there are a couple of things there still, but when compared to the colosseum or that Pantheon, it's rather underwhelming.
The Temple of Artemis is now a column with a bird's nest on top in the middle of a swamp.
The Roman Forum is just a heap of marble. I mean, there are a couple of things there still, but when compared to the colosseum or that Pantheon, it's rather underwhelming.
Actually that's some quite nice view from that Pizza Hut.
NoFaceNico
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I guess technically they're not tourists, they're worshipers:
But even I call people who visit the Vatican "tourists" and Mecca has gotten quite bling-y lately.
They also built platforms around it now so it doesn't look like you might expect.
But even I call people who visit the Vatican "tourists" and Mecca has gotten quite bling-y lately.
They also built platforms around it now so it doesn't look like you might expect.
Monochromaticx
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It wasn't remotely the best work in there either. But hey, at least I was able to see everything else in peace while people gathered around her.
NoFaceNico
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What is Big Ben doing there?
You think that's big, they plan to build the world's largest hotel there too.
Also, if I had an art degree, I'd put it to good use working in The Louvre...
... in their McDonalds, that is.
The_Hitcher89
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Isn't Plymouth Rock almost certainly apocryphal, at least the rock that is actually presented as being it?
1.21Gigawatts
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Feldherrenhalle Munich
Expectation:
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Expectation:
Reality:
TanookiTom
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I couldn't disagree more! It's such a shame that they allowed for construction left and right of the Brandenburg gate. It would be far more impressive standing on it's own with now buildings directly next to it.
But yeah, it's always a matter of perspective. I remember when I first saw a zoomed out picture of the pyramids. Went from a place I wanted to see badly from when I was a child to something I basically don't care about anymore that much (granted that they are other pyramids and sights in Egypt which are not right next to sububria).
Sorry, hopeless romantics, but you'll never be able to have sex under the Eiffel Tower.
it was pretty quiet when I was there. I guess you have to catch it at a good time. Yes there were people selling stuff but that was more on the bridge and riverside.
Feldherrenhalle Munich
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Wow, when did they remove all the Nazi flags and soldiers??? I'm never going there now. Get your shit together, Germany.
GasProblem
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I saw it exactly like it is in the top picture. Then again, I was there in June, so not when all the tourists are there. Zakynthos was great. Enjoyed Samos more though, less touristy and I found the island to be more interesting.
PsychoSoldier
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Venice for sure. Still loved it but the amount of garbage in the canals was obscene.
I mean to say nothing of gondoliers not singing. I always call that shit out in movies now.
I mean to say nothing of gondoliers not singing. I always call that shit out in movies now.
Alx
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Yeah many places have to be visited off-season. I discovered Venice in spring and was completely in awe in an almost empty piazza San Marco (one of the few times where I didn't think "it's beautiful indeed... but it's just like the photographs everybody knows"). I went back at thebeginning of the tourist season and didn't enjoy it.
Same thing for the Parthenon or other major places. Unfortunately for Paris, tourist season is all year long. :/
Almost any tourism-related photo of my current home Virginia Beach. The water isn't that blue, the beaches aren't as nice, the buildings aren't as clean, etc. The only thing they ever get right is the abundance of pretty people. Most are so painfully photoshopped it's kind of funny.
tiebreaker
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Currently travelling through Europe and this is what the Colosseum in Rome actually looks like:
I am not amused.
I was there last year, didn't get the best impression of Rome. Everywhere were renovations and the people were rude.
But the attractions themselves are quite amazing. The Colosseum, Vatican, and Castel Sant'Angelo were the highlights for me.
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