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Leaning Tower of Pisa. Expectation:
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Famous beach of Rio de Janeiro. Expectation:
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Stonehenge. Expectation:
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Gondola ride in Venice. Expectation:
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Taj Mahal. Expectation:
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Santorini Island. Expectation:
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Mount Everest. Expectation:
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Pyramids of Giza. Expectation:
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The Great Wall of China. Expectation:
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Maldives. Expectation:
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HerbertPonting
I hate tourists when I'm on vacation
NurseMindy
Would still go
ArcangelAwesomo
I have been to the great Wall, the taj mahal and the beach in Rio. It was the expectation pictures for me. Depends on when you go
UnsavoryCommenter
Time to kill off a few billion
cepheidvariable
This is why I'm not a fan of visiting well-known locations. Give me similar locations that are lesser-known, please.
panetero
In Spain we have a ton of those lesser-known places. http://elregajo.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cerezos-en-el-valle-del-jerte-980x400.jpg
jamesrook23
Nobody wants to believe me, I watch Survivor at home wit my bottled water while i GearVR & go Amazon shopping. No headaches. Now who's crazy
HixtraZero
Retoast so dry the blues brother wants it.
Shaggy350
Not to me. I haven't seen the original toast
canadianincambridge
Think 2015 was the first year since 1974 where no one reached the summit of Everest, would have been quiet then!
StarLordPeterQuill
If you're suggesting mass genocide to cut down on the number of asshole tourists, then I'm totally onboard.
ancientnorseman
You must be a blast at parties.
ancientnorseman
The thing is - I am this person, too. So I speak from experience.
CatSnakePlissken
Fucking tourists, ruining my tourism plans.
benifeddy
There's too many men, too many people blocking too many cameras
CleatusTakeTheReel
Damn Scots, they ruined Scotland!
mifdsam
YOU'VE JUST MADE AN ENEMY FOR LIFE
LovinMedLife
Only I can do the fun things when I travel! When other people do it's just unacceptable!
AcadianBacon
That's why you do it on off-season, like any time but summer.
silverbean
turns out, theres a lot of people in the world
KlatnYelox
Fuck.
notirrelevant
Pro-tip: take dozens of photos of monuments using a tripod. Special software can merge them and filter out all the tourists.
DeltaSkill
Pro-left-out-tip: Also learn how to use said special software.
notirrelevant
I haven't used it myself, but it's pretty plug & play. You highlight all the photos (or their folder) and run median filter.
s13g3
That's what happens when you go to touristy places during tourist season.
stronso
live in tourist destination ,can confirm, if you go during peak, you will be miserable.
GrapeVan
This makes me feel pretty ok about being in front of a computer right now.
mellowfish
Offseason is the best season.
vibrationalprimate
the Stonehenge one isnt accurate at all. you can only get about 50 meters to it. that photo was probably taken at summer solstice
professorspankem
Can confirm.. I traveled half way around the world to look at the 'henge through a fence.
vibrationalprimate
i live fairly close to it and one day while camping a few of my friends and i decided to drunkenly go up to the henge and lick it... yea
Norythelittlebrie
Oh no, what are all those damn tourists in those super touristic places?
pickupallyourfloorbags
This is bullshit; I went to santorini last summer and it was nowhere this busy, one of the most spectacular places ever
exiletruth
We need a new plague...
eachmanslifetouchessomanyotherlives
We need a new plague
doubledan
so what you are saying is reality sucks? okay now tell us something we don't know.
DoctorCatDog
I've been to a few of these places, and a bunch of other "famous" tourist sites. Don't let this jade you...it's not realistic
Pharsydephreak
I open mouth kissed a horse once...
Somanyquestions
At an average rate of 1 ejaculate per day starting at 16. A man would produce around 120 pounds of sperm in a lifetime.
idunnogoddamwaterbottles
Without mucus your stomach would digest itself
ChristopherNixon
jesus christ, this makes me not want to go anywhere
Caspooky
Pro travel tip: Go somewhere where there's no brochure of it, then plan a fun day there. Most likely there are near to no tourist there. ;P
CocktailGaming
Everyday there's music festivals in Rio?
puigthepug
can confirm..WC copacabana beach was crazy...ipanema beach much more subdued. http://imgur.com/NmEWWT5
Equivocator
World Cup Football events. Apparently.
lightpanic
Yes every single day and night. Haven't you been?
ConnorKeane
Rio was like that during the World Cup, that's it. I have never seen it like that at any other time.
tweedyone
Most of these are more, time of day, time of year based. Stonehenge is only that busy at the equinoxes
Gorgeousgreg
You're not allowed up to Stonehenge anymore. It's like guarded off.
JamesEarlJones
That's true. I went to Venice in the winter where it wasn't too cold, and we had the entire river to ourselves.
darthj3d
Same with Everest. Once you get further on the crowd dies down
Patrem
Not sure if you mean that literally.
darthj3d
I'm glad someone got that
Schmedes
The Tower of Pisa one is stupid. They aren't posing for your picture. There are other cameras.
RodrigoNonose
no shit, sherlock
MeikyouShisui
True, but the point is that there are too many tourists.
Phineas1713
Hahahaha!
sonicpet
Too much people? As a Swede, I can recommend the national park Sarek: http://www.martinkraemer.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_1697b.jpg
sonicpet
A friend of mine spent 2 weeks there. During those two weeks he met two other people besides the group he ventured into the park with...
IDontKnowIfYouKnowThatIKnowThatYouDontKnowThatIDontCare
That looks damn beautiful!! I spent a couple of days in Sweden last year but I couldn't go to the country side
HarvGorst
SHHHH
alphabetaparkinglot
Looks beautiful! Also named after Spock's father... so it must be a good spot!
Dickerty
Maldives one is clearly a public beach. The private beaches at the hotels clean every cigarette butt and shell from the sand each morning...
jthu
No, It's the "back" side of the island where the waves hit and the trash is from the ocean. The other side is usually clean and beautiful.
Dickerty
The entire Indian Ocean is filled with garbage, doesn't surprise me...
findlesticks
Nobody's allowed that close to stone henge
darkflame117
When i visited some guy just walked through the middle of it with his groceries and got hauled off.
neergmas
On the solstices you are
veilsidebpu
Yes you are. I was there 6 months ago. There's one tourism agency that has an early morning sunrise trip that has direct access.
Skubal
I'm like 95% sure we went through the same agency. Did you go to a really good breakfast place?
PendragonUK
Yea Stonehenge only looks like that once a year on the solstice. To be honest it just as good looking at it from the A303 driving by.
joestr87
I've danced on top of one of them, for realises.
gloone
the picture's taken on the solstice where it's free and open to the public. so yeah that one is misleading bullshit.
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sidjames
that looks like its on a solstice, be it at a summer or winter solstice its that busy. All the weirdos come out for it
dootdootfloop
yes everyone i used to hang with goes i dont kind its a weird place
dootdootfloop
kinda think *
suddendoubletimecopfighter
http://imgur.com/VJyqEw4 yes they are.
slack3rdav3
Only during solstice i believe.
SuchDoge
On the solstice you can just waltz up and blaze with all the other wizards
terbril
Not since the Griswolds knocked it down.
Mexrose75
Went in February and only three other people there but effen cold. Worth it. I want to be the only annoying tourist.
foxitude
They are on summer solstice, but it's moderately quiet the west of the year. Used to live near it
MeikyouShisui
Dunno about stone henge but it is also forbidden to stand on the grass in Pisa yet no one is really looking or telling you to get off.
tweedyone
Stonehenge has people and wire fences stopping people from trespassing.
gloone
except it's not and you imagined that or made it up
MeikyouShisui
Go check for yourself.
gloone
I have, I've been. There were no signs. And I can find no mention of this rule on the internet.
MeikyouShisui
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/63424048.jpg Yup. No signs. No sir.
richierich11
I've been to over half of these places and had wonderful experiences. Nothing like those pictures. GO SEE THE WORLD PEOPLE!
diabLoDesignz
You mean...go outside? Im not so sure about that. But thanks.
elgalileo
And there is more to the world than "touristic" places!
Valiantlight
Ive only been to stonehenge out of these, and it was nothing like that
mchronic
Im on a big world trip...just wrapped up sri lanka. its now my #1 reccomendation to anyone looking to get away
OzzyKnight
Hear hear, this is a gross exageration. I have been to 4 of those and they looked nothing like this.
aserenitatum
Yeah the Great Wall of China had like 3 people there when I went
maxgts911
I'm heading to Spain this summer.
AlltheAnswers
Based in your user name, I'm going to guess you have more practical resources than I. Do you sponsor travelers by funding their adventures?
richierich11
Nahh just a huge Macaulay Culkin fan.
FreshAsAlways
ok
blazernyc
LOL, so you've been to 3?
richierich11
Actually 6. LOL?
wildehart
These places are top destinations for a reason! They are allowed to get busy... Plan smart
richierich11
Exactly. Went to Stonehenge mid-week in the morning before the big tours got there and had it to myself.
PleasantPeasantPheasant
I don't have the money...
richierich11
Sorry about that. Here take a free internet point
explosiveewok
Doing God's work
Punchabearinnamouf
It's more doable than it seems. I make $15/hr and I've been to Canada twice, China and the Philippines. You can do it, and it's worth it.
blahblahbushes
Agreed. It's not how much you make, it's how much you save.
MarkoUrsulesku
I make $15 a day... :/
idislikecomingupwithuniqueusernames
I was going to say, several these look like exaggerations, bad timing, bad location, or simply bad photos.
richierich11
exactly. Pisa can get like that. And the Rio beach is only like that for Carnivale. But Stonehedge is never like that.
lightpanic
Apparently stonehenge is like that if you want to get upclose...which is only during the solstice.
idislikecomingupwithuniqueusernames
Yeah, I'd thought they'd closed Stonehenge off entirely. Maybe this was a special tour of some kind?
AP246
I think it's open during the solstice.
uchuulax
They open it for the solstices
plinytheelderwand
It is indeed open for the solstices. I was there two summers ago with 35,000 drunk people
AnaphylacticShark
Probably just an old photo. They have closed it off so you can't actually touch it anymore.
idislikecomingupwithuniqueusernames
Lot of smartphones in that photo, so can't be that old.