Partner and I each took a high quality light-weight compact sleeping bag with us. Because of space, the growing desire to travel as lightly as we could, and the fact that nearly every Algergue, hotel and hostel provided a blanket we packaged them up and sent them home very shortly into our...
For the 6 months I was in the Schengen and non-Schengen I took 4,000+ prescription tablets (9 different medications) with me in various containers and packaging. Not once in any of the 18 countries I visited was my baggage inspected. I had cut-out the various labels from the prescription boxes...
Hi Ivar, when i arrive in Santiago i will be there for approx 2 days before i walk to Finnisterre and Muxia. I have already forwarded 3 or 4 items to you for storage. Can i collect these items, sort my stuff and put my case back into storage until my return from the end of the earth? Extra...
We have found that a fist-full of wool is so handy (not cotton wool) for breaking off in small clumps to place between your toes when required is fantastic. It is not to replace Compeeds or complement them but to add to your 'toe/foot medicine chest'. I guess that it also has impregnated lanolin...
Each for their own but I compared Microsoft's Translate with Google's Translate. I downloaded the Microsoft version and get by very well. In fact it is fun most of the time. Time for some research, eh?
Hello, we were booked at Auberge Borda and arrived too early. Only 3 hour slow walk from SJPdP. We have forfeited our booking and chosen to walk on to Ronchevailles instead. If our booking is taken by someone else then no charge for us. If, however, no one books then we pay. This post is...
I (we) are in SJPdP right now. There are several stores here selling all kinds of trekking stuff - including walking poles. Here in SJPdP you see a very commercial side of the Camino. Small businesses selling stuff to "will be" Pilgrims - just trying to make a living. Having said that, SJPdP...
I practice what I learned in my scout days. I have a flannel and a small-ish towel. After my shower I 'dry' myself down with my flannel and wring it out tight a couple of times in the process. After this performance I then dry myself with the small towel. My towel remains reasonably dry and my...
Thanks for your well-considered response Annie. I am inclined to load my card with AUS$ then withdraw cash at ATM's at whatever the prevailing rate is. The NAB make a song and dance about their fee-free card but clobber you with poor ex-rates (smoke and mirrors).
Buon Camino Annie.
My gal-frand and I will become pilgrims on the Camino by end May / early June. We have read volumes of blogs and threads and watched YouTube clips and DVDs. We feel we are overly prepared - we just want to get down to just doin' it.
Is there any Aussies out there who can tell what the A$ buys...
This site is run by Ivar at in Santiago de Compostela.
This site participates in the Amazon Affiliate program, designed to provide a means for Ivar to earn fees by linking to Amazon