The Idiot returned to Turkey in September to swim the Hellespont (http://goo.gl/r4SiF) and MedTrek through Gallipoli to Troy (http://goo.gl/SJIOd), up Mount Ida (http://goo.gl/EqBRu) and through Dikili (http://goo.gl/rBeiX) and Candarli (http://goo.gl/sOJrE) to Homeros near Izmir (http://goo.gl/DsgkL) where he will conclude his next book “The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean.”

The Idiot has now walked 8,802-kilometers around the Mediterranean Sea and is currently in California writing the sequel to “The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean.”

“The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean” will initially be published in September 2012 in various electronic and eBook formats with scores of photographs, dozens of maps and numerous educational/entertaining links.

“Follow the Idiot” blog items in September include:

Gallipoli Walkabout @ http://followtheidiot.com/medtrekking-the-mediterranean/gallipoli-walkabout

Hellespont Milestone @ http://followtheidiot.com/medtrekking-the-mediterranean/hellespont-milestone

Tripping in Troy @ http://followtheidiot.com/medtrekking-the-mediterranean/tripping-in-troy

Symmetrical Athena @ http://followtheidiot.com/medtrekking-the-mediterranean/symmetrical-athena

Zeus’ Thunderbolt @ http://followtheidiot.com/medtrekking-the-mediterranean/zeus’-thunderbolt

Finding Homeros @ http://followtheidiot.com/medtrekking-the-mediterranean/finding-homeros

Horsing around in Troy.

Enjoying a Mediterranean sunset.

Preparing to swim the Hellespont.

Text: Joel Stratte-McClure

Photos: Joel Stratte-McClure and Des Baum (1)

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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."