{"id":26617,"date":"2018-02-09T18:47:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T18:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/?p=26617"},"modified":"2018-02-09T19:48:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T19:48:14","slug":"living-african-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/living-african-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Living In An African Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Myself (not me but Bren Orton) and Adrian are currently living in an African village&#8230; next to one of the best big waves in the world. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26621\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/living-african-village\/screen-shot-2018-02-09-at-18-44-59\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-09-at-18.44.59.png\" data-orig-size=\"589,314\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Living in an african village\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-09-at-18.44.59.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-09-at-18.44.59.png\" alt=\"Living in an african village\" width=\"589\" height=\"314\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-09-at-18.44.59.png 589w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-09-at-18.44.59-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are lots of great parts to living in the village from the friendly neighbours, stoked kids, pets and cost of living but the best part is how close we are to the legendary Nile Special wave. <\/p>\n<p>Check out the video to see more.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/73_rtYcZccs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myself (not me but Bren Orton) and Adrian are currently living in an African village&#8230; next to one of the best big waves in the world. 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