Reaching sacred Mount Aqraa on the Turkish-Syria border.
Mount Aqraa, which has been described as “the Mount Olympus of the Near East,” greeted The Idiot with one of its hailed thunderstorms.
The Idiot uses his SPOT to send the gps coordinates from the base of Mount Aqraa in Turkey.
The Idiot will head inland to reach the Turkish border post tomorrow from http://fms.ws/Jjr1k/36.01015N/35.98128E
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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