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Why Walk the Camino? Where? When? With whom?
How much Camiño is too much?
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[QUOTE="Globetrottingpilgrim2010, post: 1145679, member: 102221"] This is a very insightful question you ask. I have found myself in the same mindset over the years as I was a long distance walker/hiker/world traveler to the extreme. I have five Compostelas under my belt and have literally spent years continuously traveling the world (living out of a backpack). The Caminos however, were a place where I kept coming back to as I certainly loved the concept of walking from town to town and exploring new places every day. However, after many years (of slowly waning enthusiasm and questioning why I’m still walking/traveling), I soon came to realize I was perhaps ‘running from myself.’ I was always searching for something that perhaps existed once, long ago, but was desperate to find once again. Ironically, it took the global pandemic to force me to stop and stay put for a couple of years. During this time I discovered I missed the excessive walking, hiking and travel less and less. Instead, I found other interests, hobbies, simple pleasures and even rekindled friendships that had fallen by the wayside. Of course the memories are wonderful and I’m so grateful for having had the opportunities and experiences over many decades of global journeys, but I now have a new sense of peace and happiness that doesn’t have me searching, planning or running like I once did. The fact that you have posed this question leads me to believe (from personal experience) you may be at that point where you’ve come to that proverbial ‘fork in the road.’ I wish you luck with whatever decisions you make and enjoy wherever life takes you, even if it’s in your own backyard. [/QUOTE]
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