The Idiot isn’t just walking around the Mediterranean Sea. His MedTrek also involves lots of practical and pleasurable swimming. The second week on his current outing across southern Turkey to Syria had him working on his stroke in a variety of situations.
The Idiot had to ford this river in the Göksu delta.
He swam out to and around the Maiden’s Castle off Kizkalesi — and walked inside wearing only a Speedo and goggles.
He joined these Turkish women in full-body swimsuits near Kargipinari.
He couldn’t resist the allure of a good swimming hole, like this one near Atakent.
And he tanned and skinny dipped on a very remote beach in the Göksu river delta.
Long-time followers of the Idiot will recall that he swam across the Hellespont in northern Turkey when he left Europe and entered Asia. And now he’s wondering if he shouldn’t swim beyond Turkey when he reaches the border with Syria. After all, it’s only a little over 200 kilometers before he’ll reach Lebanon.
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