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    Summer nights on CF and sleeping bags

    If you are worried about the beds not being as clean as at home, my trick was to use my rain poncho as a mattress liner. I just wrapped it over top, then spread out my liner. It was not protection for bedbugs, just a clean layer for my body to be on. The only downside was if i got a top bunk...
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    My second way....the north way:-)

    You go girl! So nice to see you still active here and ready for trip number two. it is patti! Its funny that your worry is getting lost... on our first day in SJPP last year, it was you walking brenda and I out to the main road near the mountains to ease our fears of getting lost. We all...
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    Snowing in Santiago this morning

    oops... forgot to type... for a split second there robert, I thought that the surf in your picture was ice chunks and the koala was snow. All neurons were firing trying to figure that out!! My son is in New Zealand right now and is telling me it is wickedly hot. I guess it is kind of smug to...
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    Snowing in Santiago this morning

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    Snowing in Santiago this morning

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    Underwear for the Camino??

    Ha Ha Ha!! my only feedback is that during my camino I was overwhelmed at times and just hoped that I was taking my own undies off the laundry line in the morning. Next time I will consider looting the laundry line before others get up looking for some of the fancy pants mentioned above...
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    The Camino Made Me Eat That

    did the squirrel dumplings come with hair on or hair off? I am getting a bit quivery imagining the answer!
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    Autoimmune disease

    Thank you for starting the thread and allowing people to consider what limitations they have to live with and what limitations can be negotiated...honestly it is very affirming to revisit limitations that I place on myself that I may not need to when I speak to others about possibility. So...
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    Autoimmune disease

    I stayed in alburgues. I was careful about washing dishes in the alburgues before using them. And really careful about hand hygiene. I did get that wild "all head infection" I feel that it started in my mouth, and carried on to my neck, eyes, ears and face. I did eat some meat that maybe...
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    Autoimmune disease

    Hello Angel, this just hit home to me, as life with autoimmune is challenging, but does not need to become our only focus. I also have multiple autoimmunes, including sjogrens, but in addition to that, that I am an active adventurous lady who enjoys a good challenge. I have never travelled...
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    offtopic.. looking for hiking and accomodation info in new zealand

    Thanks to all the wonderful forum members who time and time again reach out to the seekers in life to help make good things happen. Owen is very excited, I am very excited and very scared! I am in my mid fifties and just did my first overseas trip to the camino this last summer! He has found...
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    offtopic.. looking for hiking and accomodation info in new zealand

    Hi, its Owen. thanks Lise T we've done most of our planning for the hikes from the DOC website, its a great tool. I'll make sure to pack for all weather, Whariwharangi. thanks getting there, I have managed to find accommodation right near the beach and have contacted the club about training...
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    offtopic.. looking for hiking and accomodation info in new zealand

    Hello all Australian and New Zealand camino affectionados!! I am writing as a fellow pilgrim (frances 2014) to enquire if there are any kind hearted souls out there who could help with advice for my adventurous 19 year old son who is coming to Mairangi Bay in late January to train with the surf...
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    Drinking water..

    I wonder if the water is safe for those with a strong immune system. I had to cut my camino short in July due to a face infection! I do have an auto-immune disorder... but did contract something in the first five days of my camino that did this to my face... oh so painful... did get morphine...
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