Visiting the intriguing “Gallipoli: The Scale Of Our War” exhibit at the Te Papa National Museum in Wellington, New Zealand.
The ill-fated Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I claimed the lives of 2,700 New Zealand soldiers.
The Idiot, who MedTrekked through the Gallipoli battlefields and memorials before he swam the Hellespont and hiked into Troy, was infatuated by the multimedia exhibit at the Te Papa National Museum.
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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