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Much appreciate the offer, we may just take you up on that if we actually make these plans come to fruition. As of now we are just in the vague planning stage, but we have heard so many great things about the Norte (and some frightening things) that we are certainly going to get to it at some...
Just returned from 4 months in South America and are starting to think about taking on the Camino again. Nothing like some spring weather to get a person dreaming big. Good luck to all those embarking this summer!
Camino season is almost here again (I suppose it already is for those hearty winter hikers) and to help you prepare for The Big Walk we've put Dean's book on half price for the next 2 weeks. Just go to our website at http://deanjohnston.net/ to find the links.
Buen Camino!
Laynni
Glad you're liking it. It is not set up as a chronological account if that's what you mean, but is broken up into sections based on topic (i.e. people, culture, dorms, etc.) with a some semi-fictional email stories thrown in to give a feel for the emotional rollercoaster of the Camino. There is...
I definitely know what you mean. We have fully embraced the ebook revolution as a matter of ease and convenience but there is something to be said for having an actual book to read and flip through at will. Actually, Dean does have it set up to sell physical copies at cost, unfortunately it does...
Check out a whole list of great Camino books (including Behind the Albergue Door) on Good Reads at:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/35717.Camino_de_Santiago#18457372
There's no question this hike makes for some great stories.
My husband and I hiked the Camino Frances last fall and found the whole experience to be amazing. Then while we were spending a couple months detoxing on Madeira he decided to make it the topic of his second book. It deals with a lot of the practicalities of the Camino in a humorous manner while...
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