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God I'm looking forward to this so much

It's such a beautiful country, so much to see and do and I'll only be there a week so I'll only get to do a fraction of even the things I specifically want to do but still

I can't even begin to tell you all how lucky I feel right now

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[–] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 15 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Funny you mention the DPRK, because it was interesting seeing the reactions of libs in my life to mentioning my travel plans. I'd say that out of all the AES states, Vietnam raises the fewest eyebrows if you're going to travel there (except maybe Laos because most libs don't even know that one is communist). It doesn't really get propagandized against in the same way e.g. China does, so it's much less of an uphill battle to convince them it's a decent place.

I wouldn't at all be opposed to visiting the DPRK but it would definitely freak out everyone I know if I actually planned a trip there, lol

[–] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

except maybe Laos because most libs don't even know that one

You could have stopped the sentence there

[–] jack@hexbear.net 5 points 4 days ago

True for most communists too tbh

[–] moss_icon@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

I actually have told people I know that I want to visit North Korea one day. Their reaction was about what you’d expect from Westerners.