1. Myanmar

Anthony and his crew discover the fabled beauty and local cuisines of a country that had been, up until recently, off-limits to outsiders.

2. Koreatown

Tony zeroes in on LA's Koreatown, where he finds a tight-knit community still marked by the 1992 Rodney King riots.

3. Colombia

Tony explores Colombia from the mountains to the Caribbean coast, including the coca leaf-growing inlands once controlled by drug cartels.

4. Quebec

Bourdain travels to Quebec, where he samples local delicacies, explores ice fishing and beaver hunting and spends time with two brilliant chefs.

5. Tangier, Morocco

Tony explores the "Interzone," where artists like Burroughs, Bowles and the Rolling Stones sought escape from Western moral prohibitions.

6. Libya

Tony looks at Libya through personal stories, food and the music of anti-Qaddafi rapper expats who returned to fight in the civil war.

7. Peru

Tony and his friend chef Eric Ripert explore the indigenous Andes in search of a rare variety of wild cocoa that is said to be the best in the world.

8. Congo

Bourdain looks at the Congo as one of the more industrialized powers in Africa, now largely crumbled to nothingness and chaos.