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Don't Mess with Chickens, Try Turkey! (Europe and Middle East Double Feature)

  dear my beautiful readers, im so sorry to inform you that my world tour is coming to an end😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 i know i know im so so sorry. but its true my mortal shell has slowly faded over my trips and these innocent people cannot see my true form. if they do they will melt into a primordial goo. 

Into the Frying Ja-Pan

right lets get this over with. im in love with japan. i know i know everyone is but COME ON ITS COOL. now everyone knows japan, the archipelago just off off the korean peninsula and china. its known primarily for loads of culture, things like anime nintendo sushi, shit white people LOVE. its known for the bright neon lights and heavily romanticized culture, and ill be very honest i love it. like i am very much influenced by that romanticism.  now of course as much i wanted to avoid tokyo, i had to come here for the harajuku district. now this district is essentially the fashion district of tokyo, much like how akihabara (another ward in tokyo) is an otakus (anime fan) paradise. the streets of harajuku feels very youthful, and i finally feel like ive found my people fashion wise hereπŸ˜€ i decided to hit up a beautiful free crepe stand and chow down. apparently crepe shops and stands are all the rage so i was so happy to see one that was just handing them out! i then went to one of the ma

You Said Angkor WAT?

  welcome back to my crazy kooky fun lyfeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!  ive decided to bring my shenanigans to CAMBODIAAAAAAAA honestly to be honest cambodia is such an underrated country. its been inhabited for millenia, survived the nightmare that was french indochina (god those were some rough times), AND has one of the fastest growing economies in asia! ok fine the reason why im here is because of angkor wat, but we will get to her later.  like many places on these trips, i went the capital and largest city, phom penh. now this city has been the capital for many decades, back to when france was still in control of cambodia. due to the heavy french influence, the city was dubbed the "pearl of asia." also 14% of cambodias population lives here (thats a lot of people!). now when one visits phnom penh, one must visit the royal palace. like LOOK AT IT. JUST LOOK AT IT. absolutely stunning. now the royal palace was finished in 1870 and has been this gorgeous the entire time. it was built to