Visiting the home of Alexandria-born Greek poet Constantine Cavafy whose poem Ithaka contributed to The Idiot’s desire to walk around the Mediterranean Sea.
Awarding the “Most Alluring Urban Beach In Egypt” award to Stanley Beach in Alexandria.
Reaching the 12,000-kilometer mark on his trek around the Mediterranean Sea at the Alexandria Library in Egypt.
Realizing it’s Thanksgiving in the U.S. when he sees Christmas displays at the chic seaside Helnan Palestine Hotel in Alexandria, Egypt.
Wondering what Alexander the Great would think of the proliferation of fish farms on the Nile River in Rosetta, Egypt.
“The northern Sinai Peninsula is a war zone and tensions are very high,” a colonel in the Egyptian Army told The Idiot when he discussed resuming his walk around the Mediterranean Sea at Rafah on the Egyptian side of Gaza. “Don’t risk it — not that we’d give you the necessary permission to be there — while we’re fighting Daesh (ISIS) and have numerous other security concerns in Sinai.”
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