How is this possible? How can it be? We have failed to bring the Good News to entire country??
Yes, ladies and gentleman, I have found a country that *gasp* has NO McDonalds. NO Starbucks. NO Dunkin' Donuts. NO 7 Eleven.
Not a single recognizable chain throughout this entire nation??? Actually, there is one KFC (Khmer Fried Chicken?) that opened earlier this year in Phnom Penh. I've not visited yet but I hear it's like a real restaurant and, apparently, the best place to work in town.
But seriously, no McDonalds??? It's not that I'm craving a Big Mac -- because after my weekend of expelling EVERYTHING in my body from both ends -- I'm not eager to eat anything that doesn't resemble a dry, plain piece of bread.
But it's the prinicple of the matter. I've been to other places in the world far from the United States of Consumerism and no matter how remote or unfamiliar, you could always rely on at least one pair of gleaming yellow arches.
Israel: McDonalds (of course, no cheeseburgers since that would be unkosher)
Mexico: many, many Mickey-Dee's - sometimes with jalapenos
Hong Kong: offering child-sized sweet pudding/potato/milk thingee
Honduras: Golden Arches, plus Pizza Hut, and the ever-present Dunkin' Donuts
Canada (Toronto): I can't recall but I'm sure they had one!
What is the deal? Anyone who reads this, (bless you, you must either be my mom or not have an exciting life), please sound off. What other countries have you been to that did not have McDonalds?
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