Writing a fable entitled The Tortoise and Le MedTrekker near Torba, Turkey.
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Playing on a seaside waterslide near Güllük, Turkey.
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We all know the ingredients and benefits of the much-touted Mediterranean diet that emphasizes plant-based foods, olive oil, herbs and grilled fish.
Here, in just a few photos, is what it looks like as I MedTrek around the Mediterranean this month.
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Photos: Joel Stratte-McClure
Buffet breakfast in Turkey.
A dozen olives a day keep….
Grilled calamari on Patmos.
My usual breakfast in Turkey.
A bougatsa crema is my fave Greek breakfast.
Grilled lamb on Crete.
Fish dinner on Patmos.
I go for a sole and sardines.
Light lunch on the path.
Dinner after climbing Mount Olympos.
Dessert on Patmos.
The Idiot usually relies solely on the sea to find the path while MedTrekking in Turkey. After all, the Mediterranean (aka Aegean) is always on his right.
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An Idiot-ic Reader asked about the expense of the MedTrek in Turkey and I want to let him know that, for a backpacker, this is one of the best deals in Mediterranean travel today.
The 162-kilometer MedTrek from Izmir to Kuşadasi is a slice of Turkish delight if you ignore the pathless mountains, off-limit seaside military zones, beckoning luxury resorts, dangerous sea urchins and omnipresent barbed-and-razor wire fences. Read more
“The Idiot III” MedTrek officially got underway precisely as predicted in the last paragraph of “The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean.”
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