The Idiot has now MedTrekked 10,050 kilometers around the Mediterranean Sea and recently received some advice from trusted sources in southern Turkey about how to proceed to the border with Syria — and beyond.

The Idiot got some details about the next stage of the MedTrek from Alexander the Great at the Antalya Museum.

After that he consulted the gods at the Temple of Apollo in Side.

Then he meditated in Belek and forgot about the number of kilometers to the Syrian border.

One result of these consultations was the creation of a “Syria Promo” video to illustrate how he MedTrekked over 10,000 kilometers and extend an invite to Idiot-ic followers to join him on the path into Syria. Check it out @ http://followtheidiot.com/idiot-ic-reader-reactions or on YouTube @ http://youtu.be/A4kTK4XGnxA

If you’d like to come along, you can join The Idiot at the Gazipasa Airport on September 17 or start MedTrekking with him later that day in Uçari, which is 38 kilometers northwest of Anamur, the southernmost town in Turkey.

The Gazipasa airport is less than fifty kilometers from touristic Alanya.

The next stint of mountainous MedTrekking is on this type of terrain.

After about 350 kilometers of MedTrekking, the Turkish coast will become Syrian sand.

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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."