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  1. jastrace

    Insecurity about Downhills: Question

    Use 2 walking poles, tighten your laces on the way down, ease them off when it flattens out. Take is easy. You'll be fine. Consider using a pack carry service on those days that are of concern for you (or all of them) to lighten the load on your back and kness and enable you to descend with...
  2. jastrace

    Socks

    Not a single blister or hot spot on my last Camino. Try Wright Socks Cool Mesh II. I used these plus preemptively taped up likely rubbing points on my feet; Heel, toes and outer edge. I also used sports shield silicon towlette between toes. I also aired my feet as often as possible (worst...
  3. jastrace

    LIVE from the Camino Be Alert to Thieves in Santo Domingo

    Me and others I spoke to during the course of the afternoon. Not hard to identify if you are alert and use your eyes. It was so obvious (to me) that it prompted the above post to be alert.
  4. jastrace

    LIVE from the Camino Be Alert to Thieves in Santo Domingo

    It was observed today that suspected thieves appear to be active in Santo Domingo. They were observed working in groups of 3-4 men, individuals, extended family groups and parent and child groups. Individuals were observed systematicaly 'working' groups, couples and individual pilgrims in...
  5. jastrace

    Any camino stage of at least 100k should get a Compostela!

    Awesome! You just saved me 5 weeks and $10,000. Thanks! :wink:
  6. jastrace

    Any camino stage of at least 100k should get a Compostela!

    Hi there Dubbydub. You suggestion assumes that there is cohesive management by the Pilgrim's Office in Santiago of all the various Caminos through every country in the world that end in Santiago. Obviously this is not the case. It is not even the case within Spain. Also I'm not sure that...
  7. jastrace

    Where are all the Americans???

    Hmm... so much for the land of the free. :|
  8. jastrace

    Hotel rooms rather than hostels?

    We will start our next Camino in a couple of months. We plan to stay in private accommodation and use luggage transfers. If anyone wants to judge us, then that is their issue. We know what we need from this Camino. We will have just spent 18 months living in a post conflict developing...
  9. jastrace

    Sarria to Santiago in four days

    What I meant to say above was not that the accommodation options in Gonzar were unreasonable, nor did I mean to imply that they were inferior, just that Gonzar is a small village and there are only a couple of places to stay. Cheers, Jason.
  10. jastrace

    Sarria to Santiago in four days

    Hiya drsalerno, lots of options depending on how you feel like breaking it up. There is no 'best' way per se. I played around with a few different options and I think the below combination allows you to complete in four days, achieves a relatively even distribution of kilometers, and still...
  11. jastrace

    Do you want to do the Camino Frances with me??

    Hi Eric, With your friendly attitude I'm sure you'll meet lots of nice people along the way, even if you don't get many responses from your post. In any month there will be some 10,000-20,000 or so people on the Camino at any one time (not all near you of course) so you will not be at a loss...
  12. jastrace

    Rest stop adviice

    G'day max, you have lots of options. With the exception of a few stretches on the Camino there are plenty of places to stop along the way that will fit whatever distance you want to walk that day. If limiting distances because of load is what you are thinking of there are lots of ways to...
  13. jastrace

    The Camino Is Not For Everyone

    Thanks Sillydoll. Well timed post. I think you saved about a lot of people from expressing similar views. Thanks. :) Also not to forget that the route the Camino Frances and others take, and their various options and re-directions, were well used trade routes pre-Christianity. Claiming the...
  14. jastrace

    I will walk the Camino with “NO” money

    Hi Jim, a few questions... Can you reveal what your true motive is now? Why will it take until the end of your walk for us to understand it? How is it different to what you have stated your motives are already? Seriously dude...
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    Jet Lag

    On our first trip to Europe from Australia we flew to Madrid via Tokyo and Amsterdam (we like JAL and they had a good deal on Premium Economy seats). There was about 24-28 hours or so of combined flying time if I recall correctly. Anyway we took the train to Pamplona the next day and started...
  16. jastrace

    I will walk the Camino with “NO” money

    Hi Jim, was thinking, you seem like you have time on your hands and an adventurous spirit. How about rather than flying to Spain, you begin your Camino from Thailand. Travel from Thailand by whatever means (just not one or two flights). Go via road, donkey, camel, scooter, ferry, train...
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    I will walk the Camino with “NO” money

    Camo1990, I'm not particularly emotional but I found your post moving. Thanks for sharing your experience. Also kudos for your return to Spain and for your efforts to give back. I'm not implying you should have and I'm not implying it was necessary. But kudos just because you did. I...
  18. jastrace

    I will walk the Camino with “NO” money

    I will walk the Camino with "A batman costume" Stunt Caminos! :D I know that it is completely inappropriate to find the funny side of that, but the mischievous side of me can't help imagining someone doing the Camino by progressively launching themselves out of a cannon all the way to...
  19. jastrace

    To camera or not to camera

    Take a phone with a camera.
  20. jastrace

    I will walk the Camino with “NO” money

    Hi Jim, "Crazy" is not the word that came to mind... "confusing" is what I was thinking. Why do you need to travel from Thailand to Spain to do this? How about: "do I have the humility to do this without external validation from others (including the online community?" If humility...

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