In hindsight, it seems a bit silly to be surprised by the unexpected when traveling. After all, the entire point is to see and experience new things, otherwise, why spend all the time and money? So one should at least expect some amount of surprises and fortunately for all of us, these travelers made sure to document the unusual or unexpected things they encountered while traversing the globe.
So, wherever you are, get comfortable and prepare to scroll through all the memorable little things tourists and travelers have run into, upvote the experiences that caught you by surprise, and be sure to comment your own stories. And if some of the things listed here are pretty normal where you are from, let us know!
#1 They Have Pet Carts In Grocery Stores In Italy
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#2 This Museum In Berlin Has “Touchable” Versions Of Their Paintings For Blind People
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#3 The Algerian Sahara By Night. With No Light Pollution, The Sky Is Truly Incredible
I spent four days camping out in the remote Algerian Sahara – just me and a local guide. I took a million photos but this was one of my favorites. Freezing cold at night, but free of all light pollution the sky was breathtakingly beautiful.
#4 An Albino Turtle I Saw On My Vacation In Sri Lanka
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#5 After 4 Days Of Trekking Over The Salkantay Pass To Get To Machu Picchu, I Woke Up Around 3:30 Am To Try To Get There Before The Rest Of The Tourists
100% worth it for seeing the sunrise alone.
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#6 Rainy Day In Ireland
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#7 In Denmark, Some Of Our Light Signals Are Small Vikings
Image source: Ulle82, Grubernator
#8 My Hotel Phone In Iceland Has A Special Button That Will Wake You Up If There Are Northern Lights In The Sky
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#9 My Hotel In China Has A Card To Give To A Taxi Driver So You Can Find Your Way Back
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#10 Train Seats In Japan Facing Outwards So You Can See The Scenery
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#11 Spotted The Hogwarts Express On My Trip To Scotland Last Year
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#12 A Tram On The Stuttgart Rack Railway With A Trailer For Bikes. Stuttgart, Germany
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#13 In The Ancient Egypt, Cats Were Sacred Animals. It Seems That Nothing Has Changed Since Then
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#14 These Two Different Sets Of Shopping Baskets At A Department Store In Bangkok – For Those That Need Help Or Want To Be Left Alone
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#15 Wuppertal’s Suspension Railway (Monorail), Germany
#16 This Tree In Morocco Is Filled With Real Goats Standing On It
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#17 The Way These Trees Grew On A Street In Amsterdam
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#18 Subways In Japan Have Women-Only Cars
Image source: CommitteeOfTheHole, DEEP_SEA_MAX
#19 In Finland, There Are Buttons To Thank The Bus Driver
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#20 Found A Door Entering A Field In Denmark
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#21 My Buddy And I Got Our Faces On The Foam Of Our Beers In Ireland
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#22 Went To A Beach In Iceland And Took A Full-Color Picture That Looks Entirely Grayscale
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#23 I Visited Antarctica Recently
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#24 This Albino Reindeer I Saw While Traveling In Finnish Lapland
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#25 Found A Statue In Rome With Bunny Socks
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#26 Some Roads In Australia Are So Long And Boring That They Have Trivia Signs To Keep Drivers Alert
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#27 This 2D Café We Visited In Seoul
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#28 One Of My Bucket List Items Was To Visit This Stunning Town Where The Houses Are Literally Under The Rock
Beautiful white houses line up the narrow streets of Setenil de Las Bodegas.
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#29 Traveling Within Iceland Because We Couldn’t Go Elsewhere. Found These Guys Sheltering From The Wind
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#30 Desert Oasis In Peru – Huacachina
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#31 Lisbon Consists Of 7 Hills. In Order To Make It Easier For Residents And Tourists To Move Between The Different Neighborhoods, This Open-Air Escalator Was Installed
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#32 I Found This Ceiling Light Full Of Rubber Ducks In A Pub In Edinburgh
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#33 Giant Hives Hanging From The Ceiling Enclosed In A Glass Case With Outdoor Access At The “Home Of Bees” In Poyales Del Hoyo, Spain
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#34 This Slide At The Berlin Mall
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#35 Here In Italy Bars Are Starting To Use Pasta As Straws To Reduce Plastic Use. Our Technology Amazes The World Another Time
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#36 The Town We Vacationed In Has Red Street Lights To Not Mess With The Wildlife
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#37 UPS In Italy Use These “Bicycle Trucks” To Deliver Packages To Places In The Narrow Streets Of Rome
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#38 This Guy Makes Pizza Using Volcanic Vents On The Volcán De Pacaya In Guatemala
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#39 Green Train In Lower Silesia, Poland
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#40 This Warning Sign For Ghosts At An Old Castle In Poland
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#41 In Italy They Got Free Water In Little Towns. You Can Choose Between Water With Gas, Cooled Or Regular
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#42 I Was Visiting The Gulf Of Mexico Last Week, And It Was Genuinely Difficult To See Where The Sea Stopped And The Sky Started
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#43 My Apartment For The Night In Porto, Portugal Has A Preserved 12th-Century Wall And Staircase Encased In The Bedroom
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#44 Α Trireme At The Piraeus Port, Greece
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#45 A Non-Muslim Section At A Grocery Store In Dubai
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#46 This McDonald’s Has A “Drive-Thru” For Boats. Located In Hamburg, Germany
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#47 These Sprinklers On The Road Near The Ski Resort I’m At In Japan To Keep The Road From Freezing Over (Salt Water If You Were Wondering)
Image source: TheWolvis
#48 Today I Discovered That, In France, McDonald’s Serves Mcbaguettes
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#49 The Bone Church In The Czech Republic
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#50 This McDonald’s In New Zealand Has A Decommissioned Plane You Can Dine In
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