Recalling his 2010 MedTrek around the Mediterranean island of Gozo and his photo of the iconic Azure Window, which has collapsed into the sea.
The world-renowned limestone Azure Window on Gozo, an island in the Maltese archipelago, looked sturdy seven years ago when The Idiot took this photograph while MedTrekking around the island in search of the nymph Calypso. But corrosion had weakened it by the time it collapsed during a heavy storm and raging sea this week.”Heartbreaking,” tweeted the prime minister of Malta.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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