An American tourist has shared a cringe-worthy travel faux pas during a trip to Beijing that left them missing the very sight they had traveled to see—the Great Wall of China.

Posting under the username u/BeKindToAllPlease on Reddit 's r/travel subreddit, the tourist recounted how what seemed like a straightforward excursion quickly turned into an embarrassing misstep.

"So I'm traveling solo in Beijing, China, and I ask my hotel what the easiest way there is to get to see the Great Wall," the Redditor wrote. "They pointed me out front to a bus stop that supposedly picks up tourists and takes them on a tour of the Great Wall, so I'm thinking 'pretty simple, right?'"

The poster later hopped on a tour bus but ended up unknowingly missing the tour of the Great Wall while browsing souv

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