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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/files\\/2009\\/03\\/12\\/dirks.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1000089439\\\" title=\\\"dirks\\\" src=\\\"\\/files\\/2009\\/03\\/12\\/dirks.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"510\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nick Dirks has been getting around a lot lately. He circumnavigated the globe in about 30 days. Started in SLC, flew to Vegas for a debaucherous warm up at SIA. He doesn&amp;#8217;t remember much of that leg of the trip, but knows that&amp;#8217;s where he caught a flight to Munich, Germany. Once there he indulged in tubed meats, big mugs of beer and even ended up at a brothel. Accidently, he claims. He bought a hoodie and some &amp;#8220;pointy-ass Euro&amp;#8221; shoes at the airport and high-tailed it to Lebanon.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;You&amp;#8217;ll learn more about this stop on the world-tour next winter, when the feature comes out in the mag. And believe you me, his time in Lebanon will be worth reading about. Ever heard of Hezbollah? Nick met &amp;#8217;em.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Serious shit. And lots of shredding.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After the middle east it was on to South Korea for two days. He didn&amp;#8217;t have much to say about Korea. He got sick from some sketchy food and it sounds like he blacked out most of the experience.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;He came to in Japan while riding dick-deep pow with all his homies.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Some kinda life.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;But for all the highs, there are always lows. &lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style=\\\"text-decoration: underline;\\\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Here&amp;#8217;s the best and worst of world travel according to Nick:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/h3&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best Meal&lt;\\/strong&gt;: Armenian dinner of raw meat our last night in Lebanon.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Worst meal:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Country fried pork with raw egg, which led to food poisoning.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best pow:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Hokkaido.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Worst hangover:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Germany, the night of the fly bar. Jarad\\u2019s first dick flick.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best in-flight entertainment:&lt;\\/strong&gt; On my flight home from Tokyo, I purchased a hand held Donkey Kong game.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Worst slam:&lt;\\/strong&gt; In Germany, at the rail jam, they thought it might be a good idea to put vegetable oil on the rails.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best find: &lt;\\/strong&gt;Ultra Man action figurines at a thrift store on the way to Tokyo.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Worst purchase: &lt;\\/strong&gt;These pointy euro shoes I got at the Munich airport.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best Line:&lt;\\/strong&gt; \\u201cYou want to fek?\\u201d A cab driver describing a &amp;#8220;club&amp;#8221; to us in Munich.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Worst night\\u2019s sleep:&lt;\\/strong&gt; The first night in Japan. When a fever and food poisoning started to kick in while trying to sleep on a hard wood floor.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best Photo:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Kazu as a street fighter on the ferry to Hokkaido.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best style:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Kazu \\u201cjizo\\u201d, he busted a backie in Hokkaido with none of his own gear.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Worst style&lt;\\/strong&gt;: Rodney Mullen look alike in Tokyo. Peep &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/cheesdicksclick.blogspot.com\\\"&gt;cheesdicksclick.blogspot.com&lt;\\/a&gt;.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Worst encounter with the locals:&lt;\\/strong&gt; Uh\\u2026 Meeting Hezbollah in Lebanon.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best encounter with the locals:&lt;\\/strong&gt; At Faraya resort in Lebanon. Johnny and his boys showed us around and supplied Almazas on the house.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Worst Part of the Trip :&lt;\\/strong&gt; Getting food poisoning and puking from the rear for about five days.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best Realization: &lt;\\/strong&gt;That foreign food is much better.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Worst realization:&lt;\\/strong&gt; That the trip was over and I was headed back to Salt Lake City.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Best&lt;\\/strong&gt;&amp;#8230;..Month of my life!&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1000089438 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'&gt;&lt;figure class='gallery-item'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;div class='gallery-icon portrait'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;a href='http:\\/\\/snowboarding.transworld.net\\/uncategorized\\/around-the-world-in-30-days-with-nick-dirks\\/attachment\\/dirks\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"115\\\" height=\\\"117\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/snowboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/442\\/files\\/2009\\/03\\/12\\/dirks.jpg\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" alt=\\\"dirks\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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