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[QUOTE="Pablo2007, post: 16345, member: 2183"] Greetings,I havn´t had access to this group for a while but today I got lucky. I am currently in Arca do Pinos and the plan is to reach Santiago tomorrow.I will post more about my experiences and once I get home and have more time and access to the net but I just wanted to say that I have grown a little weary about the Albergue versus hotel or pensiones debate that I have come accross on the camino. I have stayed mainly in hotels over the last 30 days but have stayed in afew albergues and have been walking with various people who have stayed mostly in albergues and therefore have visited many. I really can´t see the difference I have mixed with many people on the way, and in bars after a hard day and at dinner etc. I speak spanish and have therefore also had the opportunity to talk to many locals on the street , bars etc sometime well after the lights out in albergues. I have come accross many many great fantastic people but also many who are not so friendly and seem to using albergiues as a way of having a cheap holiday. Samos for instance I saw very few people who were staying at the monastry the day I was there actaully paying the 3 euros to visit the Monastary or at the Pilgrims blessing. I´m not overly religious but the monastry was something to see and the 3 euros is very little to assist in the upkeep of such a wonderfull monument. All in all I guess what I´m saying is that I think that people who are having an opinion about how people are doing their Camino are perhaps not concentrating enough on their own. Regarding the carrying bags issue, who really cares how someone chooses to do it. I have carried my pack (too heavy I must admit) but hey if others wish to transport it good luck to them at least they are doing what they can. I met a woman doing only 10kms a day over 5 hours because of severe tendonitis and she was still smiling. I felt her effort was far greater than my 35kms days with 14 kilos. Hopefully I havn´t offended anyone. Buen Camino a todos Pablo [/QUOTE]
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