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    Vigo, The Experience

    The Cíes Islands (or Island, really, as you only visit the one) are indeed very nice, but as this is a camino forum and the only route which passes close by is the Caminh?o Portugues coastal route, I should point out that to anyone who has actually been walking up the Portuguese coast, a visit...
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    Vigo, The Experience

    The Caminh?o Portugues coastal route goes through Vigo. To be honest, Vigo is never going to be on any tourist's must-see list, and would have been disappointing had we actually had any expectations. For example, the (huge) working industrial port is right next to the old town, pushing the...
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    It's Different This Year

    Annie, you were (entirely justifiably) nervous of getting robbed on the first stage of the VdlP, but you actually skipped the first week; then almost right away you started fretting so much about possible detours several hundred kilometres down the way that you switched to the CF; and now the CF...
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    Solitary Camino.

    There is actually a sub-forum here for the coastal route (can't link it, sorry, on the mobile app) although it's fairly quiet. I'll be writing my trip up in a couple of weeks and posting it there. And it is indeed a beautiful coast.
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    Solitary Camino.

    billbennettoz, there are several different Portuguese routes. The most common of these (the "Camino Portugues") is indeed quite popular, passes through Valença/Tui, and is an entirely inland route. wayfarer appears to be talking about the coastal route, which is indeed quiet. There are a few...
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    English on the Camino Frances

    "The majority of Spanish know English." This is very much not true. Whilst it may be true that many Spaniards in the tourist industry in areas popular with foreigners know some English, it certainly can't be relied on in the general case.
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    Shoe question

    Remember that hiking sandals weigh the same as a pair of shoes anyway, and often more. For example, REI lists the Chaco men's Z/1 sandal (picking a popular brand) at 1 lb 14 oz a pair and the Z/2 at 2lbs. Whereas, they list the Salomon Speedcross 3 shoes I'm wearing right now at 1 lb 6 oz, and...

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