This map shows where in the world McDonald's are located. The gray countries don't have any. Certain continents are fairly well represented.
So... if you want to go to McDonald's (a lot), go to North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. If you hate McDonald's, Africa and the area behind the Bamboo Curtain (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar) are good.
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No McD's in Vatican City? His holiness must be a whopper man. Am I correct in assuming the dot on Cuba represents a McD's at Guantanamo Bay? Now that is cruel and unusual punishment!
Prior to the housing of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, it was a model Naval Base. Didn't you ever see the movie, A Few Good Men?
It used to have a Naval Band, too. I met some guys who were stationed there when I was going through the School of Music (I was in the Army--we used the Navy's facilities). They said it was the best kept secret in the Navy.
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I have noticed only one person voted that they would try to eat the same way they would eat at home. Let me tell you, as a veteran expatriate (someone who lives in a foreign country with no intention of staying there any longer than a few years): You will want to eat the food you ate at home, even if it's not that good. When Ho Chi Minh City gets its McDonald's, you know I will be one of the first customers in line to get my Quarter Pounder or Big Mac!
If you have children and you live overseas, you probably ate at McDonald's before you moved into your house!
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No, you didn't shoot me down. But I was in the Army overseas, too. It's not the same as living in a developing country, not working for Americans (or even WITH Americans). I had both experiences. Living as an American service member overseas (in most cases) isn't quite the same thing as what I had in Ecuador, Indonesia, or here in Vietnam.
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I would love either a Quarter Pounder or a Big Mac right now.
We have two hamburger chains here in Vietnam...
Jollibee is a Filpino company. It has burgers, hot dogs, and spaghetti. The food is spiced for Filipinos.
Lotteria is owned by the South Korean Lotte Candy Company. (If you spend any time in Asian supermarkets in America, you see their candy.) Lotteria uses lots of sesame oil in their cooking. They have burgers, other sandwiches, and Korean fast food. McDonald's is buying many Lotteria locations in Vietnam.
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I should add that in 1983 I was in Ecuador working a short-term job there during my leave from the Army. McDonald's, at that time, said that the Ecuadorian economy couldn't support a McDonald's. A man by the name of Maldonado bought a few small restaurants in shopping malls and used the name McDonald's. The menu was nothing like its estadosunidense (the Ecuadorians consider themselves to be Americans, so this is the word they use to describe people from the United States of America) counterpart. It served Pepsi as its cola and didn't use frozen hamburger patties--in fact, the meat was so good it would now easily sell for $4.00 a pound in the States. The biggest burger they had, the Doble Mac, could be had at the time for the equivalent for 35 cents.
McDonald's moved to Ecuador in 1997--the higher powers changed their feelings about the economic conditions. Ironically, four years later the Ecuadorian government didn't have enough money to support its own distribution of currency (Ecuadorian sucres) and has been using U.S. dollars since 2001.
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