{"id":407407,"date":"2017-07-31T14:17:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T14:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/31\/photo-the-man-who-swims-to-work\/"},"modified":"2017-07-31T14:17:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T14:17:55","slug":"photo-the-man-who-swims-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/31\/photo-the-man-who-swims-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO: The man who swims to work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/xunnamed-696x392.jpg.pagespeed.ic.7Ac-HdEAMf.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"man swim\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3290734413\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Most people commute by bus, train or car \u2013 but Benjamin David gets to work by plunging into Munich\u2019s Isar River.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin David was fed up with the stress of commuting on busy city roads. So he now packs his laptop, suit and shoes into a waterproof bag, straps it to his back and swims 2km to work along the Isar River in Munich, Germany.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/p059lmn3.jpg\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3403251384\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Depending on the season, he wears swimming trunks or a long wetsuit \u2013 as well as rubber sandals to protect his feet from glass or the occasional bicycle laying in the river.<\/p>\n<p>His commute sometimes invites laughs from bystanders on the bridges above, but he says it\u2019s faster and more relaxing than sitting in traffic.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people commute by bus, train or car \u2013 but Benjamin David gets to work by plunging into Munich\u2019s Isar River. 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