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Hello all! A pilgrim returns. I am back planning and decided to revive my travel blogging too - the first link has been updated or read how I got on here: https://www.tomsrambles.com/blog/2018/1/22/burning-out-then-walk-the-walk-on-the-camino-de-santiago Buen Camino!
Hi all. I've started to plan for my second Camino (here's how my first mini-Camino went fyi, Sarria to Santiago) and I am looking at travelling in late April/May 2016 ending in Bordeaux. I would like to spend 7-12 days walking, ending in Bordeaux so I can meet my wife there (and we will spend a...
A year's worth of reading in this thread :) Here is my blog - an Irishman's Camino 'lite' over 5 days in September 2014, from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela. Now on to planning the next one! Would love to know what you think:-...
Hi all - I'm based in Ireland and I thought I would share my Camino 'lite' experience (September 2014 over one week from Sarria to Santiago De Compostela, about 115km) - https://www.tomsrambles.com/blog/2018/1/22/burning-out-then-walk-the-walk-on-the-camino-de-santiago
What a journey, already...
Hi all - well I got there and back safely. What a rewarding and worthwhile experience. I've blogged on it here (including the dreaded bedbugs) - http://presstmc.com/2014/12/06/burning-out-then-walk-the-walk-on-the-camino-de-santiago/
Thanks one and all for your advice - AnnieSantiago I hope you...
Thank you for the effort you put into this post.
Can I ask though - you say "There is Monbus bus from Santiago bus station to Sarria via Monforte de Lemos leaving 1800" - I've looked at the website though and only see Santiago Bus Station to Sarria - no mention of Monforte de Lemos. Do you...
Hi all - thanks for taking the time to respond. I plan to pay it forward when I come back!
I feel somewhat less pressured now - I booked my first hostel in Sarria and the owner said as long as I'm there by 11pm (closing time) I'll have a roof over my head!
So all going to plan I will try make...
Thanks all - Amazon would be a good bet but my poor planning on this front rules that out (I leave in less than two days time :) )
I found a horrible industrial version in local hardware store in Ireland (slightly different substance name, kills fleas as well as bed bugs). I did a quick Google...
Thanks for all the replies everyone - I took Arn at his word and perused the lengthy existing thread on this. I've come to the conclusion that beyond sensible precautions (e.g. checking mattress using spray method mentioned by Anniesantiago above ((thanks Annie!); using bed bug undersheet...
Hello all. I will walk for the first time next week (Sept 2014) a section of the Camino - Sarria to Santiago. Hopefully the beginning of a life-long obsession!
I'm just wondering what bedbugs are like this year? I'll be staying in hostels all the way. Depending on what forums you read, they are...
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