Machu Picchu and The Great Wall with travelers posing.

35 Travel Photos That Did Not Go According To Plan

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Photography and traveling go together perfectly, it’s honestly half the reason people go on a trip anymore. You plan the whole thing around getting that one shot. So when your trek to the Grand Canyon gets completely ruined by fog for some random reason, that picture ends up memorable for more than one reason. It’s not the shot you wanted, but somehow it’s the one you’ll actually remember.

These travel photos are full of moments just like that, plans that fell apart in the most photogenic way possible.

1. “Not Mount Rushmore, But I Woke Up At 3am And Hiked Up Machu Picchu To Be There At Sunrise…”

A llama with a foggy background and a person in the distance.
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2. “I Finally Got To See The Golden Gate Bridge Today”

Smiling man with glasses taking a selfie against a plain white background.
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3. “Took A 6 Hour Coach Journey To See The View From Hitler’s Eagles Nest (Bavaria, Germany)”

Person pointing at foggy landscape on a cloudy day.
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4. “Traveled Thousands Of Miles To See The Big Ben”

Construction site near Big Ben in London with scaffolding and workers.
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5. “4 Days Of Trekking Through Mud To Machu Picchu Resulted In This Glorious View”

Man in green shirt and black shorts on a foggy mountain trail with lush greenery.
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6. “Hiked 4 Days To See Machu Picchu”

Man in winter gear on a foggy mountain hike, looking at the camera.
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7. “Planned A Dream Trip To China. This Is What The Great Wall Looked Like”

Young woman standing on a brick wall with a cloudy sky background.
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8. “Drove All The Way From Southern California To See The Golden Gate Bridge”

Empty gray wall with no objects or decorations.
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9. “Mt. Everest View At A Peak In Nepal”

View of snow-capped mountains through fog with a blue informational sign in the foreground.
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10. “I Flew 10+ Hours To See Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany”

Foggy view of a castle and towers in a misty landscape.
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11. “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….”

Sign with 'PICTURE REMOVED' over Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers painting.
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12. “My Parents Got To Visit Mt. Rushmore Today For The First Time. The View Is Spectacular!”

Two people stand by a foggy view with a plaque on a stone wall.
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13. “Drove 1 1/2 Hours Out Of Our Way To See Mount Rushmore. It Was Foggy When We Got There”

Young man in black raincoat on foggy day at scenic overlook.
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14. “Climbed To The Top Of Mt Fuji To See Sunrise At 04.30, But It Was Foggy And Wet And Cold”

Person in rain gear taking a selfie on a foggy mountain summit.
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15. “I Drove 21 Hours To Mount Rainier, And It Was Cloaked In Fog For Days”

Split image of a woman with sunglasses and a backpack, and a mountain with waterfalls.
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16. “I Went On A Three Week Trek Around Mt. Manaslu In The Himalayas. Part Of It Peeked Through The Clouds One Time…”

A mountain landscape with a goat and some sheep grazing, cloudy sky, and rugged terrain.
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17. “The Time I Flew 13 Hours To See The Great Wall”

Person in red jacket walking on a foggy, wet brick pathway with brick walls on both sides.
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18. “8 Hour Flight, 5 Weeks Of Anticipation, And An Hour Long Bus Ride To See The Cliffs Of Moher. Fog Had Other Plans”

Cliff edge with fog and two hikers standing at the top, overlooking the drop.
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19. “Traveled All The Down To See The Golden Gate Bridge And This Is What I Got”

Foggy view of the Golden Gate Bridge with cars on the bridge.
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20. “Traveled​ To Wittenberg, Germany In 2011. The Door Martin Luther Nailed The 95 Thesis To Was Being Restored”

Blocked window with wooden boards on a historic building, under renovation.
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21. “My Trip To Mount Rushmore Last Year”

Young man in red jacket giving thumbs up at a foggy viewpoint with people in background.
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22. “Flew To Another Continent To Watch The Glacier 3000, Cant Say Worth It”

Snow-covered bridge disappearing into fog, part of a mountain scene.
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23. “When You Go To London To See Big Ben”

Construction site with a tall building under scaffolding and blue sky.
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24. “The Spectacle That Is Mount Rushmore”

Young man in a blue jacket and black cap taking a selfie in a foggy rocky landscape.
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25. “Went To The Top Of Mt Pilatus In Lucerne, It Was Cloudy…”

View from a mountain ledge with shoes and safety barriers, clouds below.
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26. “Went Out Of My Way To Visit Crater Lake”

A foggy lake with tall pine trees and a distant mountain in the background.
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27. “I Drove 3 Hours Out Of The Way To See Mt. Rushmore”

Young woman in denim jacket making a peace sign in front of misty mountains.
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28. “Our Trip To Mt. Vesuvius”

Woman walking on a foggy dirt path with a railing on each side.
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29. “Flew 6,000 Km’s To See The Night Watch …”

Large classical painting on wall with a robot in front of it.
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30. “I Raise You ‘Traveled 10 Hours To The Grand Canyon'”

Cliff edge at the Grand Canyon shrouded in fog, obscuring the view.
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31. “Flew 9,000 Miles To Climb Adams Peak At 2:30am For The Legendary Sunrise. Amazing View”

People walking on a narrow path between two large concrete structures in foggy weather.
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32. “4 And A Half Hour Hike, The Smoke Came When We Got To The Top”

Hazy mountain landscape with trees and a yellowish sky.
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33. “I Flew Into Colorado Today Then The First Thing I Did Was Climb Mount Quandary, This Was The View From The Top”

Rocky terrain with foggy, unclear background, no visible landmarks.
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34. “My Trip To The Edge Of The Grand Canyon A Few Years Ago. Once In A Lifetime Event”

View of a foggy landscape with a metal railing and rocks in the foreground.
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35. “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”

Overcast view of a rocky shoreline with green grass and trees in the distance.
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