These Three Places Couldn't Get Any Cooler!

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Lock-down might have dampened the wanderlust spirit in you, but that’s something a traveler should allow. Instead, lust on travel stories, drown in the ecstasy of bucket listing a good place, and go through photographs. Let the desire mound up and when the lock down is over, grab a rucksack and unleash the traveler in you!

I’ve got a list of three fantastic and incredible locations for you to drool over and to set your travel goals. While landscapes, architecture and woodlands please me to no end, funky, entertaining places ignite that spark of excitement in me! Here are my favorite places!!

GOD’S OWN JUNKYARD, LONDON

The psychedelic, neon wonderland in Walthamstow, London, God’s own Junkyard (as groovy as the name suggests), is a fabulously fluorescent warehouse which houses an enormous collection of hand-made neon signs. A funky space, all sorts of odd, brilliant sings are crammed into it, piled up high on the floor. If you’re okay blowing up some cash, the neon signs are actually on sale. It also has its own eating outlet called The Rolling Scones. Highly Instagrammable, with a cool vibe, God’s Own Junkyard is easily the sexiest place you can go to!

Inside the neon paradise of God's Own Junkyard

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The formula to a great life: A neon sign at God's Own Junkyard

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POKEMON CENTER, TOKYO

Love Pokemon? Addicted to the video game? It's a shame if no one has told you of this remarkable place yet!

Remember the Pokemon Center they showed in the cartoons? There's actually something like that (yes, you heard me right- an actual Pokemon Center).

Pokemon Center TOKYO DX & Pokemon Café is Japan’s biggest Pokémon center. It has probably the biggest range of Pokemon plushies you’ve ever seen! From collecting rare cards to shopping for Pokemon merch, the Pokémon center serves it all. Also, do not miss the Pokémon café- another awesome place with creative food and friendly staff. You just got to bucket-list this place if you love Pokémon!

Inside the Pokemon Center

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The Pikachu Plate at the Pokemon Cafe

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ARTS DISTRICT, LAS VEGAS

Ever wanted to visit those cool streets will graffiti sprawled all over the walls? With a number of galleries, chic cafes, pubs, shops selling vintage and funky stuff, Arts district in Las Vegas is a free-for-all outdoor canvas which presents a kaleidoscope of art graffiti. Remember the mainland from the GTA Vice City game? You’ll find an uncanny similarity of that place with this. Beyond the casinos and cliché of Vegas, you should definitely discover this cultural hub in Vegas and I promise that you won’t regret it!

'Wild'- A mural at the Arts Disctrict

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Funky graffiti on the walls

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