Libya

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 on 2021.12.14
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"Bourdain explores postwar Libya with the rebel soldiers who brought down Moammar Gadhafi’is regime in 2011. Bourdain witnesses a street celebration featuring fireworks, eats at a knockoff of an American fast-food restaurant, and attends a barbecue with anti-Gadhafi forces who show him that there’s more to Libya than what we see on the news."
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Tripoli, Libya

Martyrs' Square

Historical landmark · Tripoli

Tony watched as kids skating, fireworks being set off, motorcycles drove around as people celebrated the Prophet Mohammed's birthday and freedom after 50 years of oppression.

tripoli, Libya

مطعم بركودا 1

Fish & chips restaurant · Tajura' wa an Nawahi al Arba

Barakoda Restaurant, a seafood restaurant just outside of town on the Mediterranean. The menu is not printed, you select fish from the daily catch on ice and they cook it for you the way you specify. Bourdain ate: fish, shrimp, and stuffed calamari Lunch date: Omar, former rebel fighter

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Tripoli

Tony went to a men-only coffeehouse called Yahzakem Coffee where people smoked hookah and drank local coffee. Also somewhere in Tripoli, Tony ate at a place called Uncle Kentucky (or Kentaki) Fried Chicken. Could not find either on any maps.

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Bab al-Azizia

Former site of Gadhafi's palace, destroyed by rebels in 2011. They were told to leave while they were filming this scene.

tripoli, libya

Fashloum

Somewhere in this neighborhood, Tony had a breakfast of sfinz, a donut with an egg on top.

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Tripoli, Libya

Radisson Blu Al Mahary Hotel

Hotel · Tripoli

The hotel where Tony and the crew stayed while in Tripoli.

Misratah, Libya

Misrata

Misratah

Tony and crew headed to this town to film, but it was on full lockdown as they approached. They walked around the ruins of the town which showed the damage done when the rebellion took down Ghadafi. Afterward, they killed a lamb and barbecued it on the coast of the Mediterranean.

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Al Khums, Libya

Leptis Magna

Al Khums

They stopped to get a liver sandwich at a stand on the way to this spot. Leptis Magna, "arguably the most intact remains of a Roman city in the world."

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