Wondering what Alexander the Great would have thought had the banks of the Nile been been this animated when he visited Egypt 2,347 years ago.
Gardens and promenades on the Nile in central Cairo didn’t exist to this extent when The Idiot was last here in 1997, much less during Alexander’s triumphant arrival in 331 BC when he ousted the Persians and was declared a son of Zeus.
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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