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Hot Datça Date

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Joel in Featured, Follow The Idiot, Mediterranean Pix, MedTrekking | Leave a comment

Want to impress your date while MedTrekking around the unpathed, hostile and impenetrable coastline on Turkey’s Datça peninsula? Read more

Peace Swim

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Joel in Featured, Follow The Idiot, MedTrekking, Turkey | Leave a comment

Congratulations to Bo Derek, who Followed The Idiot and successfully swam across the Hellespont last Friday (for The Idiot’s account of his swim read the chapter entitled Hellespont Milestone in The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean),…. Read more

MedTrek Madness

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Joel in Follow The Idiot, France, Idiotic Musings, Mediterranean Pix, MedTrekking, PR, Turkey | Leave a comment

The Idiot donated a copy of The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean to the Redding (CA) Library and had a last summer workout in Whiskeytown Lake before flying to Geneva today to promote his latest travel narrative. But the real challenge before heading to the airport was choosing the right T-shirts and reading material for the next round of MedTrekking and BookSpieling. Read more

MedTrek Prep

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Joel in Featured, Follow The Idiot, Idiotic Musings, MedTrekking, Turkey | 1 Comment

How did I prepare to resume the MedTrek in Turkey — which kicks off with a Peace Swim from Datça to the Greek island of Symi on Sept. 1 — while in California in August? I came up with a rigorous training program that combined swimming, culture, trekking, bathing and eating. Read more