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{"id":1217,"date":"2012-09-18T01:00:40","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T01:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/?p=1217"},"modified":"2012-09-16T12:51:03","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T12:51:03","slug":"short-runs-in-strange-places-port-vila-harbour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/2012\/09\/short-runs-in-strange-places-port-vila-harbour\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Runs in Strange Places &#8211; Port Vila Harbour"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type='text\/javascript'>_wpaudio.enc['wpaudio-6a34f539460ee'] = '\\u0068\\u0074\\u0074\\u0070\\u003a\\u002f\\u002f\\u0077\\u0077\\u0077\\u002e\\u0076\\u0069\\u0067\\u0067\\u0065\\u0072\\u0073\\u002e\\u0063\\u006f\\u006d\\u002f\\u0072\\u006f\\u0075\\u006e\\u0064\\u0074\\u0068\\u0065\\u0077\\u006f\\u0072\\u006c\\u0064\\u002f\\u0073\\u006f\\u0075\\u006e\\u0064\\u0074\\u0072\\u0061\\u0063\\u006b\\u002f\\u0073\\u006c\\u006f\\u006f\\u0070\\u006a\\u006f\\u0068\\u006e\\u0062\\u002e\\u006d\\u0070\\u0033';<\/script><a id='wpaudio-6a34f539460ee' class='wpaudio wpaudio-nodl wpaudio-enc' href='#'>Ah, the Beach Boys<\/a>\n<p>We have just arrived back in Port Vila. Among other excitements (which Lucy will be rhapsodizing over elsewhere) we have been reunited with our excess luggage and I have remembered that I made the somewhat foolhardy decision to bring my running shoes round the world with me. Yay!<\/p>\n<p>What better way to celebrate than a run around town?<\/p>\n<p><strong><div class=\"cgmp-centering-container-handle\" align=\"left\"><div class=\"google-map-placeholder\" id=\"a502359dbe299daae4b0587ab111348c\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 500px;\"><div align=\"center\" style=\"background:url('http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/plugins\/comprehensive-google-map-plugin\/assets\/css\/images\/loading.gif') no-repeat 0 0 transparent !important; height:100px; width:100px; position: relative; top: 200px !important;\"><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"direction-controls-placeholder\" id=\"direction-controls-placeholder-a502359dbe299daae4b0587ab111348c\" style=\"background: white; width: 500px; margin-top: 5px; border: 1px solid #EBEBEB; display: none; padding: 18px 0 9px 0;\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"d_close-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a id=\"d_close\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\"> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/plugins\/comprehensive-google-map-plugin\/assets\/css\/images\/transparent.png\" class=\"close\"> \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div style=\"\" id=\"travel_modes_div\" class=\"dir-tm kd-buttonbar\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"3\" class=\"kd-button kd-button-left selected\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" id=\"dir_d_btn\" title=\"By car\"> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"dir-tm-d\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/plugins\/comprehensive-google-map-plugin\/assets\/css\/images\/transparent.png\" \/> \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"3\" class=\"kd-button kd-button-right\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" id=\"dir_w_btn\" title=\"Walking\"> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"dir-tm-w\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/plugins\/comprehensive-google-map-plugin\/assets\/css\/images\/transparent.png\"> \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"dir-clear\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"dir_wps\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"dir_wp_0\" class=\"dir-wp\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dir-wp-hl\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"dir_m_0\" class=\"dir-m\" style=\"cursor: -moz-grab;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 24px; 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border: 1px solid #ddd; width: 500px; margin-top: 10px; direction: ltr; overflow: auto; height: 180px; padding: 5px;\" class=\"rendered-directions-placeholder\"><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The particularly observant among you may notice a few things. This run is extremely short (blame the lack of sensible exercise over the last six weeks?). It was particularly slow (ditto). And &#8230; I seem to be walking on water.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out that iPhone GPS receivers still work while encased in waterproof plastic bags, tupperware and duct tape and hung in a string bag around your neck. And that the resulting Heath-Robinsonian contraption floats rather well when you go swimming. Cue James feeling exceptionally smug for (a) thinking of such a stupid thing (b) making it all the way across the bay without drowning (c) not being hit by a speedboat or eaten by a shark (d) best of all, not frying my iPhone despite dunking it in salt water for the best part of an hour!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1300\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4293414-annotated.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1300\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1300 \" title=\"Swimming off into the horizon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4293414-annotated-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Swimming off into the horizon\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4293414-annotated-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4293414-annotated-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4293414-annotated-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4293414-annotated.jpg 846w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swimming off into the horizon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1301\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4293415.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1301\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1301\" title=\"Look! I haven't fried my iPhone!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4293415-300x400.jpg\" alt=\"Look! I haven't fried my iPhone!\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4293415-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4293415-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.viggers.com\/roundtheworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/P4293415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Look! I haven&#8217;t fried my iPhone!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have just arrived back in Port Vila. 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