Thwarted

Politely escorted off the British military Sovereign Base Area in Akrotiri, Cyprus, by army guards and military police.

The Idiot mistakenly entered the British Royal Air Force Akrotiri base, which blocks access to the end of a peninsula west of Limassol, because he couldn't read the small print on the sign and didn't let the fence, which extended into the sea, stop him. He apologized, suggested a larger sign and a more serious fence, and was pleasantly escorted back onto Cypriot soil to resume the MedTrek.

The Idiot mistakenly entered the British Royal Air Force Akrotiri base, which blocks access to the end of a peninsula west of Limassol, because he couldn’t read the small print on the sign and didn’t let the fence, which extended into the sea, stop him. When stopped by gun-toting guards after walking 400 meters onto the base, he feigned ignorance, apologized, suggested a larger sign and a more serious fence, and was pleasantly escorted back onto Cypriot soil to resume the MedTrek.

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Posted on April 24, 2015 by Joel in Cyprus, England, Idiotic Musings, Mediterranean Pix, MedTrekking, PR, Where is the idiot

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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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