Heat exceeding 100 °F in Northern California this week has encouraged The Idiot to time travel back to some sweet seaside spots he discovered during his walk around Cyprus a few years ago.
Here are a few Mediterranean Sea swimming holes described in The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Twenty Years Walking the Mediterranean that he recently revisited in that island country with the assistance of Hermes, the fleet-footed messenger of the Greek gods:
He explored the sea caves at Cape Grecko.
He jumped off rocks at his swimming hole du jour near Aiya Napa.
He explored rock formations at the UN-patrolled Green Line that divides the northern and southern parts of the island country just south of Famagusta.
He was massaged by waves near Governor’s Beach.
He took a sunrise plunge in Limassol.
He skinny dipped on Lady’s Mile Beach.
He did breaststroke along the cliffs near the ancient city of Kourion.
He joined the crowds paddling in the water at Aphrodite’s Rock.
He was protected by tanks when he worked out at the Aphrodite Beachfront Village in North Cyprus.
He did laps at a lava beach west of Girne/Kyrenia. (Photo: Liz Chapin)
He took a sunset dip in Kaplica.
He had a beach to himself on the Karpaz Peninsula.
He took his last swim next to the UN-patrolled Green Line north of Famagusta.
Then he took an invigorating cold shower in Redding, CA.
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