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Great to see such a welcoming and mature collection of pilgrims here,

I walked the Camino Frances in 2o14 from SJPDP to Finisterra with a close friend, we were carrying camping gear and filming the whole experience; it was a extremely eye opening journey, especially when it came to learning how to travel so cheaply while getting the most of the nature-full experience of the camino. Night walks were my highlight!

Once i finished my 1st camino i had to go back for more.. a few months later i walked the Camino Portugese from Lisbon to Santiago, a very different experience, and this time i walked without money (i wanted to experience the classical pilgrimage) and i was very fortunately to be so well taken care of by the Camino, especially the huge amount of oranges and kiwi's and nuts i came across, and not forgetting the fishing rod! I saw only 25 pilgrims during the whole month..

My highlight had to be sleeping with some pilgrims under a bandstand outside a church on Halloween, they had some great stories to tell and had been walking constantly for 7 years!!! They would head north in the Summer, and south in the winter to Cape Faro!

What a way to live!

My final camino wasn't' an official one, but certainly the widlest. I had met a friend in Finisterra at the end of the Portugese route, and we met in Morocco. We ended up by donkeys (something i wanted to do on the camino) and headed into the Sahara desert for two months, a camino i'll never forget.

Well thats it from me, keep on rolling pigrims!

Buen Camino!
 
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First welcome to the forum, I have some questions for you:

"... it was a extremely eye opening journey, especially when it came to learning how to travel so cheaply while getting the most of the nature-full experience of the camino. ..."

I am glad for you that it was an eye opening experience, but why does traveling cheaply feature so prominently for you in this experience?

Once i finished my 1st camino i had to go back for more... ... and this time i walked without money (i wanted to experience the classical pilgrimage) and i was very fortunately to be so well taken care of by the Camino, especially the huge amount of oranges and kiwi's and nuts i came across, and not forgetting the fishing rod! ...

How did you feel walking, voluntarily I assume, without money and relying on other people to feed you/help you out? People that, perhaps, have less than you have? BTW your notion of that this is the classical pilgrimage aka a classical pilgrimage is done without money is backed up by very little historical evidence.

Also, just out of curiosity, did you ask the owners of the fields and orchards before taking the fruit or did you just take them. Same for the fishing ...

Buen Camino, SY
 

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