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[QUOTE="sillydoll, post: 2320, member: 8"] [b]Pack weight etc[/b] Hello Melody, It is so HARD to keep the weight down! On my first camino I felt that I had to take a black jacket - a little black number - in case we went out to dinner at night. My sister bought me a beautiful sarong which was perfect and could serve as a skirt, cover all after a shower, even a light sheet if it was hot. Then there were those natty two-in-one trousers that zip off at the knee - so useful! My pack weighed 10.5kg - not too bad, I thought, I can manage that. (I weigh 54kg). After 3 days my ankles felt as though they were going to break, my calf muscled ached so much at night I could hardly sleep and I had a permanent headache from painful shoulders. I knew that I wasn't going to make it unless I divested myself of material baggage! So, I sifted through my stuff and made a parcel of 3kg which I took to the Correos (Post Office) to send to myself in Santiago. "Ah, si signora! You want a pilgrim box - what size?" The Post Offices are so used to pilgrims having to post stuff ahead that they have Pilgrim Boxes in all sizes (even suitcase size) and the Correos in Santiago will keep your box for 30 days. If you would like my packing list please mail me at: sillydoll(at)gmail.com and I will send it to you with pleasure. There are only one or two places where the showers don't have doors. Most are normal locker showers but few have hooks inside so I found a large suction hook very useful (If you want my "List of 20 Things to know about the Camino" I'll send that to you as well!) You have to walk the LAST 100km to earn the Compostella. Even if you walk 5000kms but not the last 100kms they will not give you the Compostela. Please don't stay in a refuge if you catch a bus. You will pass dozens of tired pilgrims foot-slogging it to the next town only to find bus pilgrims taking up all the beds. Stay in a Posada (little inn) or in a hostal for the night (about 30E for a double room) rather. Abrazos, [/QUOTE]
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