The Idiot posted scores of adventurous, inspiring and mouth-watering photographs during his recent 796-kilometer MedTrek around the island country of Cyprus.
But they didn’t tell you the whole story or give you the full picture.
Here are ten photographs that The Idiot DIDN’T want you to see that display some of the scandals, scrapes and secrets behind his daily adventures.
1. The Idiot and the shape of his legs after he climbed a cliff and had to stealthily hike out of the demilitarized Green Zone that is patrolled by UN, Turkish and Greek Cypriot troops.
The No Man’s Land does not, of course, have any man-made paths and the vegetation is almost impenetrable. The bloodied Idiot is finally done nursing some of the more serious superficial wounds.
2. The United Nations gets the award for some of the most dilapidated buildings outside the ghost town that is Famagusta.
This abandoned UN shack near Kato Pyrgos won’t appear in any promotional brochures for the United Nations.
3. The Idiot made no bones about the seaside carcass of this ram near the British military base in Akrotiri.
It might be too late for an autopsy to determine the cause of death but The Idiot is betting on a stray bullet.
4. The Idiot frequently skinny dipped.
There’s nothing better after a long day of MedTrekking than a discreet swim au naturel. (Photo: Liz Chapin)
5. The Idiot couldn’t drink or swim at the Baths of Aphrodite.
Aphrodite might have bathed here but The Idiot wasn’t allowed to share a bath with the goddess of love and beauty.
6. What do you think of this sculpture in Limassol?
Beauty and subject matter are in the eyes of the beholders, but The Idiot had mixed thoughts about this sculpted woman.
7. Cyprus beaches suffer from an overdose of pillboxes used to defend the coast during past invasions.
MedTrekker Liz Chapin hangs her hat and pack on a pillbox during a break from MedTrekking.
8. The Idiot frequently stretches before, during and after the MedTrek.
The Idiot does much more stretching now than he did when he started the MedTrek in 1998. (Photo: Liz Chapin)
9. The Idiot is a copycat.
The Idiot loved these shaded bench areas near Paphos so much that he’s stolen the design and plans to manufacture them in the Redding, CA, where temperatures frequently exceed 100° F.
10. The Idiot tries to make a buck.
Although the MedTrek is more physical and spiritual than financial, The Idiot (seen here with MedTrekking companion Michael de Glanville) frequently rests in the shade of an ATM hoping that the summer heat will prompt it to automatically dispense cash. So far, no good. (Photo: Liz Chapin)
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