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    GeoSIM card

    Ellen, [GeoSIM card for their cell phones*] As surprisingly you had no response to your query I thought I would put my two cents worth. Your query on using a GeoSIM card for your cell phone was not in clear term. In this day and age those savvy enough to know of geotags and GPS are changing...
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    SLR Camera (comprehensive list building)

    Thank you rewrew for such a detailed practical answer based on your personal experience of successfully carrying and using a DSLR camera on the camino. I am glad you were not put off by some negative comments on this forum, you have shown how it can be done despite the weight, safety, dust and...
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    Cluny blog

    Agree with robertt, Margaret included many photos of items many glossed over and is one of the few blogs which showed the interior of albergues and bedrooms where she stayed. The personal touches she put into the blog is very pleasing. Very worthwhile reading. A Chinese saying is "You cannot...
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    Celebrating 20 years of the 'modern' camino

    Thank you Sil for taking the time and trouble to translate and let us know of such generosity on the Camino, I am taken aback at the pedantic criticism of the use of apostrophes by the moderator. Also to let you know we are very grateful for all the knowledgeable input you have added to this...
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    The Varieties of Camino Experiences

    Hi Margaret, Met the father of a girl in Christchurch yesterday who walked the St James Walk ... not as a religious experience but just to follow a group of Kiwi mates she met in London. She had graduated with two degrees in Christchurch, applied for many jobs, but could not get a job in NZ for...
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    Cathedral online

    Hi Sil, Great to know your views on Burgos Cathedral, we arrived at the deserted cold Burgos Cathedral on a morning and after seeing so many Cathedrals all over Europe we did not linger. You are preaching to the converted as to regards to the ostentatious restoration work done to many of the...
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    reservations needed to fly out of Santiago???

    Ryan Air flies 4 times a week out of Santiago to Stansted and as a Low Cost Carrier changing flights after they are booked can make the "Low Cost" flight into a very expensive exercise. JM's suggestion that flights be booked nearer the time makes sense, however, the nearer the date you want to...
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    time between flights- Gatwick to Stansted

    Artemis wrote: "instead of trying to transfer to Stansted we got a British Air flight from Gatwick that same day to Bordeaux". Once a Ryan Air flight has been paid for you will see from the fine print that there will be no refund if you cancel the flight. A change of name incurs a charge of...
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    time between flights- Gatwick to Stansted

    As Andrew says it is theoretically possible to get to Stansted airport after landing from your flight from Gatwick in 4 and a half hours. The distance is 60 miles (100km) and not 100 miles. The motorway is one of the busiest in UK and 8am is possibly the busiest time. You need to factor in...
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    The Varieties of Camino Experiences

    Margaret - it seems to be a pity not to start your Camino from the exact Antipodes of Santiago de Compostela as with the present cheap airfares you could fly from PN or Wellington to Christchurch and I will drive you to the exact spot at the foothills of the Southern Alps for the start of...
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    The Varieties of Camino Experiences

    For those who have read read the account of the monk and the agnostic on the website supplied by the ever resourceful Sil it would be interesting to read the account by Richard Spence on: http://www.tekauri.com/camino/triplex.html Richard's introduction is as follows: By an accident of...
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    Video: The naked pilgrim (must see)

    Hi Kiwinomad, You added on the side trip to Lourdes: "Like Brian, I also found it a bit strange and more than a bit off-putting in the Grotto with someone barking at people to hurry along" A bit off topic but I first read in the Readers Digest 56 years ago as a 12 years of the dipping into the...
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    Relics of the camino

    Arn, I second your post. Sil is a fountain of knowledge and she has anchored this forum for ages. Her measured comments and observations are from a person who speaks objectively. Although she professes not to be a Christian, which allows her to see things as they are, she has done more than...
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    Cathedral online

    Sil, The video highlights the present sad state of the Santiago Cathedral to what it can be as shown on the video. In May 2007 our first sight of the Cathedral was of a cathedral in desperate need of restoration: the exterior walls and roof had green unsightly moss and even trees growing out of...
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    Hi from New Zealand

    Hi kiwinomad, You may be interested in viewing the video made by a kiwi family, they had three generations doing the Camino at various times. One daughter intends to do the Camino in April 2008. http://youtube.com/watch?v=kLlQzkTfZu0. This is a lovely video accompanied by a song composed...
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    Bordeaux to SJDPP

    Thank you vinotinto and Artemus for your important inputs. This topic will not go out of date and for most pilgrims arriving from English speaking countries they would arrive in Paris as the first stop from their international flights, so would others from South America, Asia,etc. Your helpful...
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    Camino Etiquette

    Walking Poles - Sil, such lovely pictures and such a calm explanation of why one needs to use what they feel they need. The strong language used on this forum, the intolerance shown, and disapproving comments does not really make the St James walk into a sacred experience. I see no reason why...
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    Beginning the end of March

    Train travel is very easy in Madrid but one must be very careful as there are expert pickpockets in the train and on the station. As you get out especially at Plaza Sol beware of any one dropping coins at your feet, the natural instinct is to bend down to pick them up and this exposes the rear...
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    Pilgrimage rules

    Sil wrote: "the ideal for a pilgrim to St James is one of holy poverty and not luxury". After a deeply satisfying pilgrimage to Lourdes, staying at a 3 star hotel there and doing the Lourdes things, I managed to persuade my wife of 35 years to do the St James Walk in parts. I started to...
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    More details on low-cost airline subsidies

    Frank of Santiago wrote "What do you think about Ryanair? " We flew in from New Zealand to London and used Ryan Air to fly to Rome Ciampino, spent a couple of days there and used Ryan Air to fly to Santander to begin the Camino. From Santiago De Compostela we took Ryan Air to fly to Stansted...

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