CALL ME ISHMAEL - Anthony Bourdain

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I have, in my 14 years of traveling the world in search of kicks, seen many things. But I want to tell you that my experience during the closing sequence of this episode of PARTS UNKNOWN was, short of watching the birth of my daughter, the most amazing. I hope your TV set is big enough to convey the sense of being where I was, and having something that….large…coming up at you from the depths. I suspect you’d need an IMAX. Absolutely breathtaking.

Those of us who were not born in Hawaii, who do not live there, can be forgiven, I hope, for imagining it a paradise. It has been sold as such to many a generation of white guys of a certain age: warm, “exotic”, festooned with palm trees both real and on shirts, populated (the brochures would have you believe) by friendly musicians, brimming with the spirit of aloha—and dusky skinned women who dance a lot.

Read more: http://anthonybourdain.tumblr.com/post/121430262771/call-me-ishmael?ir=Hawaii

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1. Thanks for this

I rarely see any TV show that I'd want to see again or recommend to my friends, but I think Anthony Bourdain-Parts Unknown series is terrific. Can't imagine how CNN and its sponsors would allow Tony to show us the best and worst people around the world and how they live and voice his opinions on everything. I think he's a real person and wants us to know the world as he has sees and loves it. I would recommend every show though some are not easy to watch.