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🇱🇾 Tripoli
6 places across Parts Unknown
Every Place Bourdain Visited in Tripoli
6 placesMartyrs' Square
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
Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi
Tony went to a men-only coffeehouse called Yahzakem Coffee where people smoked hookah and drank local coffee.
Tripoli Libia
شارع النصر
Somewhere in Tripoli, Tony ate at a place called Uncle Kentucky (or Kentaki) Fried Chicken. Could not find it on any maps.
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.
Fashloum
Fashloom St. شارع فشلوم
Somewhere in this neighborhood, Tony had a breakfast of sfinz, a donut with an egg on top.
Radisson Blu Al Mahary Hotel
Al Matar Street
The hotel where Tony and the crew stayed while in Tripoli.
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