Anthony Bourdain Takes My Travel Advice

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Of course I love this guy! Pyramids–go if you care about your life list. Otherwise, I can tell you they look just like in the postcards, but bigger. Unfortunately I can’t state it quite so plainly when I write a guidebook.

If I could write a guidebook purely to my specs, it would mention major landmarks only if they happened to be in an interesting part of the city and had a good place to eat nearby. The Pyramids in Giza are interesting from a sociological perspective–the town around the Pyramids has basically subsisted on tourism for millennia, but is now in constant battle with the government over how to earn a living without driving tourists insane. But the best place to eat out there is maybe the Pizza Hut. So I think Tony chose wisely.

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