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Best of Bourdain

Updated 5:18 PM EDT, Thu March 26, 2015
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Want to channel your inner wanderer? Click through for some suggestions based on Anthony Bourdain's adventures. Up first: Bullfighting in Spain. Here, a Spanish matador greets the public during a bullfight in Granada.
Bullfighting bravado —
Want to channel your inner wanderer? Click through for some suggestions based on Anthony Bourdain's adventures. Up first: Bullfighting in Spain. Here, a Spanish matador greets the public during a bullfight in Granada.
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During the second season of "Parts Unknown," Tony visited the ranch of David Fandila, the star matador known as El Fandi. One of El Fandi's signature moves is to drop to his knees in a dramatic fashion as he waves his cape to goad the bull.
In the ring with El Fandi —
During the second season of "Parts Unknown," Tony visited the ranch of David Fandila, the star matador known as El Fandi. One of El Fandi's signature moves is to drop to his knees in a dramatic fashion as he waves his cape to goad the bull.
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In the shadow of the Las Vegas strip, Tony took a look at "the other Vegas" last season. "The Vegas people live in year-round. The Vegas I've always loved."
Looking for the other Las Vegas —
In the shadow of the Las Vegas strip, Tony took a look at "the other Vegas" last season. "The Vegas people live in year-round. The Vegas I've always loved."
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He got a glimpse of that alternative Vegas in places like the Huntridge Tavern, the Double Down Saloon, the Peppermill, Atomic Liquors, the Bootlegger Bistro and Lotus of Siam.
Local Vegas haunts —
He got a glimpse of that alternative Vegas in places like the Huntridge Tavern, the Double Down Saloon, the Peppermill, Atomic Liquors, the Bootlegger Bistro and Lotus of Siam.
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In New Mexico, Tony ate viciously hot chiles, took a look at the American cowboy ideal and explored gun culture in the U.S. "There are a lot of nice people in this country," he said. "A whole helluva lot of them, like it or not, own AR-15s."
Target practice in New Mexico —
In New Mexico, Tony ate viciously hot chiles, took a look at the American cowboy ideal and explored gun culture in the U.S. "There are a lot of nice people in this country," he said. "A whole helluva lot of them, like it or not, own AR-15s."
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Earlier in his life, Tony wouldn't have considered visiting Mississippi. After a trip to the Delta, he's glad he did. Seeing the birthplace of the blues and hearing about the struggles woven into the state's fabric gave him a new-found appreciation for Mississippi.
The heart of the blues —
Earlier in his life, Tony wouldn't have considered visiting Mississippi. After a trip to the Delta, he's glad he did. Seeing the birthplace of the blues and hearing about the struggles woven into the state's fabric gave him a new-found appreciation for Mississippi.
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Bourdain and his friend Zamir Gotta got bundled up, flasks in hand, for a sleigh ride through the grounds of an imperial palace on a traditional Russian troika. Troika tours are offered at numerous parks and palace grounds throughout Russia.
Horse power, with vodka —
Bourdain and his friend Zamir Gotta got bundled up, flasks in hand, for a sleigh ride through the grounds of an imperial palace on a traditional Russian troika. Troika tours are offered at numerous parks and palace grounds throughout Russia.
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At a festival in Myanmar, Tony spotted a unique carnival ride: A Ferris wheel driven by human power. He described the acrobatic, circus-like spinning as an "insanely dangerous, closely choreographed process of first getting the giant, heavily laden wheel in motion and then getting it up to top speed and keeping it there."
A human-powered ride —
At a festival in Myanmar, Tony spotted a unique carnival ride: A Ferris wheel driven by human power. He described the acrobatic, circus-like spinning as an "insanely dangerous, closely choreographed process of first getting the giant, heavily laden wheel in motion and then getting it up to top speed and keeping it there."
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Tony and Zamir took an overnight train from Moscow to St. Petersburg, riding the rails in the lap of luxury. Pictured above is a similar luxury car. Whether you ride in luxury or shoulder-to-shoulder in a rattletrap railcar, overnight trains offer an interesting experience.
The midnight train to wherever —
Tony and Zamir took an overnight train from Moscow to St. Petersburg, riding the rails in the lap of luxury. Pictured above is a similar luxury car. Whether you ride in luxury or shoulder-to-shoulder in a rattletrap railcar, overnight trains offer an interesting experience.
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