found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: do you smell that? motorbike exhaust, fish sauce, incense, the far-away smell of something? is that pork grilling over charcoal? vietnam. it could be no place else. [ bicycle bell dings ] [ horn honks ] anthony: listen to me. listen to me. there is no other way to see this city, hanoi, than from a motorbike or a scooter. to do otherwise would be to miss it all. [ horns honking ] anthony: it is one of the great pleasures of my life to join the river of people rushing through the streets. [ horns honking ] anthony: vietnam. it grabs you and doesn t let you go. once you love it, you love it forever. i ve been coming here since 2000, the first time i d been in this part of the world, and it s held a special place in my heart and my imagination since. i keep coming back, i have to. [ bells ding
getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: what do you need to know about tokyo? deep, deep waters. the first time i came here, it was like it was a transformative, uh, experience. it was a powerful and violent experience. it was as if it was just like taking acid for the first time. meaning, what do i do now? i see the whole world in a different way. um, i often compare the experience of going to japan for the first time, going to tokyo for the first time, uh, to what what eric clapton and, uh, pete townsend must ve gone through. the reigning guitar gods of england. what they must ve gone through the week that jimi hendrix came to town. you hear about it, you go see it. the whole - a window opens up into a whole new thing. and you think, what does this mean? what do i have left to say? what do i do now? welcome to tokyo. you are not invited. this is the other tokyo. 12 hour flight, and i m baked. no
oh, my god. this is from albert. another request from the audience. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: it was the week before christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. actually, that s not true at all. metro manila, bustling, sprawling, southeastern asian capital. the world s most densely populated city. i light a candle put the presents round the tree anthony: but it is christmas. where the mostly catholic population take their holiday season very seriously. because filipinos are, for reasons i have yet to figure out, probably the most giving of all people on the planet. think i m talking shit? keep watching. good afternoon everyone. we re the band called keystone. anthony: ofw stands fo
eric: he s the devil. look at him. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: it s the spicy, sensualist heartland of all the things i love about china. the collision between very, very old and very new. an exploding middle class. a lot of history. and food that can burn you down to a charred, smoking little stump. sichuan province, located in the southwest of china. over a thousand miles from beijing. a region so fertile and lush that it s been referred to as china s breadbasket. and its capitol, chengdu. despite its ever-growing skyline, it hasn t lost its deep culinary roots and traditions. man: heart. anthony: and i figured if i m going back to sichuan i should bring a friend. someone unused to the, how shall i say, level of heat commonly found in the
i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: it s morning in the arabian desert. the place explorer, bertram thomas called the abode of death. but it s a beautiful place, the kind of place i look for more and more these days. stark, empty, clean sand that stretches out, seemingly forever. anthony: oman defies expectations. it shouldn t, according to the cool logic of the world, exist. but it does, and it s incredible. the sultanate of oman is an absolute monarchy. a predominantly islamic state and a vital strategic choke point in the world s oil supply. it is surrounded by some of the trickiest and most contentious powers in the region. and yet here it is, relatively small, tolerant, welcoming to outsiders, peaceful and stunningly beautiful. but oman is