I JUST GOT BACK. I STARTED IN SARRIA. I DID IT TO MEET NEW INTERESTING PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. IN GENERAL I FOUND PRETTY PROVINCIAL MINDED PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE BECAUSE IT WAS THE "COOL" THING TO DO AFTER THAT HOLLYWOOD MOVIE IN WHICH THE MAIN CHARACTER WENT THROUGH SOME KIND OF PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION AFTER DOING THE CAMINO THAT HIS DEAD SON INTENDED TO DO BUT DIED IN THE PROCESS.
I SAW PEOPLE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE CONTINUED, WITH FAIRLY SEVERE INJURIES TO THEIR FEET OR LEGS, OR PEOPLE WHO BECAUSE OF THEIR PHYSICAL CONSTITUTION AND/OR AGE SHOULD NOT BE EXERTING THEMSELVES TO THAT DEGREE AND THAT COULD BRING INJURIES DURING THE PROCESS OR IN THE FUTURE FOR THEM. IT IS BASICALLY A WALKING TILL YOU ARE ABOUT TO DROP EXPERIENCE,(I WAS NEVER SO TIRED, BUT MOST PEOPLE I MET WERE). WITHOUT MUCH CONVERSATION OR INTERACTION OF ANY DEPTH; WITH MOSTLY PEOPLE IN A HURRY WITH WHAT SEEMED HAVING NO TIME OR COURTESY TO WAIT FOR YOU IF YOU HAD TO TIE A SHOELACE.
MATCHU PICCU, THE LAND TRIP BETWEEN KATMANDHU AND LASSA, NEPAL, BALI, OR JUST TRAVELING THROUGH SOUTHEAST ASIA ARE FAR MORE EXCITING AND INTERACTING PRODUCING THAN THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO, ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR FRIENDLY NATIVES, RATHER THAN WALKING, EATING WASHING YOUR CLOTHES, AND EATING FAIRLY UNHEALTHY FOOD WHICH IS THE REALITY OF DOING THE CAMINO. AND ALL OF THIS NOT CHEAP BY ANY MEANS BY USA STANDARDS.
THE YELLOW ARROWS THAT POINT TO THE CAMINO ARE NOT SO EASY TO READ SOMETIMES, AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO FIND BY INSTINCT WERE THE PATH IS. IN LATE OCTOBER AND EARLY NOVEMBER IT CAN BE FREEZING AND FOGGY IN THE EARLY MORNING. THEN IT WARMS UP IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.TO MAKE THINGS WORSE SPAIN IS IN THE MIDST OF A SOCIAL UPHEAVAL WERE TRANSPORTATION AND GENERAL STRIKES ARE QUITE COMMON.
DON'T BE DECEIVED BY PEOPLE THAT HAVE A PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL MOTIVATION TO SUFFER OR STILL HAVE A PRIMITIVE ATTITUDE ABOUT ORGANIZED CATHOLICISM. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND WHO KNOWS? IT MIGHT STILL BE FOR YOU. FOR ME IT IS NOT.
THERE MIGHT BE FANATICS OUT THERE THAT WILL BE UP IN ARMS ABOUT WHAT I SAID. SORRY I LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN SPEAK OUR MINDS. MY MOTIVATION IS TO PREVENT OTHER HUMAN BEINGS TO FIND THEMSELVES IN A SITUATION OF SAYING TO THEMSELVES:" THIS IS NOT NEARLY WHAT I EXPECTED. I COULD BE DOING SOMETHING A LOT MORE INTERESTING AND PERSONALLY FULFILLING THAN THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO"
RESPECTFULLY
SHAMAN.
I SAW PEOPLE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE CONTINUED, WITH FAIRLY SEVERE INJURIES TO THEIR FEET OR LEGS, OR PEOPLE WHO BECAUSE OF THEIR PHYSICAL CONSTITUTION AND/OR AGE SHOULD NOT BE EXERTING THEMSELVES TO THAT DEGREE AND THAT COULD BRING INJURIES DURING THE PROCESS OR IN THE FUTURE FOR THEM. IT IS BASICALLY A WALKING TILL YOU ARE ABOUT TO DROP EXPERIENCE,(I WAS NEVER SO TIRED, BUT MOST PEOPLE I MET WERE). WITHOUT MUCH CONVERSATION OR INTERACTION OF ANY DEPTH; WITH MOSTLY PEOPLE IN A HURRY WITH WHAT SEEMED HAVING NO TIME OR COURTESY TO WAIT FOR YOU IF YOU HAD TO TIE A SHOELACE.
MATCHU PICCU, THE LAND TRIP BETWEEN KATMANDHU AND LASSA, NEPAL, BALI, OR JUST TRAVELING THROUGH SOUTHEAST ASIA ARE FAR MORE EXCITING AND INTERACTING PRODUCING THAN THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO, ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR FRIENDLY NATIVES, RATHER THAN WALKING, EATING WASHING YOUR CLOTHES, AND EATING FAIRLY UNHEALTHY FOOD WHICH IS THE REALITY OF DOING THE CAMINO. AND ALL OF THIS NOT CHEAP BY ANY MEANS BY USA STANDARDS.
THE YELLOW ARROWS THAT POINT TO THE CAMINO ARE NOT SO EASY TO READ SOMETIMES, AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO FIND BY INSTINCT WERE THE PATH IS. IN LATE OCTOBER AND EARLY NOVEMBER IT CAN BE FREEZING AND FOGGY IN THE EARLY MORNING. THEN IT WARMS UP IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.TO MAKE THINGS WORSE SPAIN IS IN THE MIDST OF A SOCIAL UPHEAVAL WERE TRANSPORTATION AND GENERAL STRIKES ARE QUITE COMMON.
DON'T BE DECEIVED BY PEOPLE THAT HAVE A PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL MOTIVATION TO SUFFER OR STILL HAVE A PRIMITIVE ATTITUDE ABOUT ORGANIZED CATHOLICISM. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND WHO KNOWS? IT MIGHT STILL BE FOR YOU. FOR ME IT IS NOT.
THERE MIGHT BE FANATICS OUT THERE THAT WILL BE UP IN ARMS ABOUT WHAT I SAID. SORRY I LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN SPEAK OUR MINDS. MY MOTIVATION IS TO PREVENT OTHER HUMAN BEINGS TO FIND THEMSELVES IN A SITUATION OF SAYING TO THEMSELVES:" THIS IS NOT NEARLY WHAT I EXPECTED. I COULD BE DOING SOMETHING A LOT MORE INTERESTING AND PERSONALLY FULFILLING THAN THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO"
RESPECTFULLY
SHAMAN.