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    how long does it really take to walk to Finisterre?

    i wasnt going to walk to finisterre, but changed my mind, my friends were a day ahead of me so i decided to just bomb it, they walked there in 3 days, i did it in 28hours, sleeping on the beach about 4-5clicks outside of the town, those who have walked will have seen it, the camino goes down the...
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    Any bedbug news this season?

    watch out in Astorga, a few people i met started with problems there
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    How much should you prepare?

    I walked in April, and the first day of 'training' i took for the camino was the mountain route to Roncesvalles in the snow and rain in rubbish shoes, maybe a little training for that first day, however it is mostly mental
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    'New Age' bores on the Camino

    i met a few people like this, mainly from northern Europe, it wasn't really my cup of tea, being catholic and doing the pilgrimage for religious reasons, but you learn to listen to people and their stories, even if you think its total BS it gives you something to write about in your journal or...
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    Race for Beds in July ...

    i was horrified to find that Bus loads of TOURIGRINOS (as my spanish friends dubbed them) were arriving at the albergues a good 2 hours before us, no backpack = easy walking, thus these cheats were getting the beds and most albergues were full 10mins after opening, the most notable was the...
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    Keeping the costs down: lowest possible expense?

    i walked the camino this may, and found a few people who were doing it on the cheap, those who had tents would stay in tents until we found a donativo or very cheap albergue where tehy would use the bed (sound advice..!) i also encountered two kiwis, Ken and Matt, two of the greatest guys...
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    First-timer from Canada planning for May 2009!

    Hello Adriana i'm Tom and i too am a first timer, i leave england on Sunday and shall be walking out of Saint Jean on wednesday morning, hope to see you along the way
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    First Time Pilgrim from the US

    Oviedo such a lovely City
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    travel advice

    Bourricot Express by Caroline way forward
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    HI Starting Camino at Pied St John 30th April

    i think i shall also be departing on the 30th, if not i'll be a day ahead, but i hope to cross your path, buen camino tom
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    Best way to get to Oviedo from Santander

    i have friends in Oviedo and even plan to live there as part of a year abroad with university, saying this i have travelled to Oviedo a lot, from Santander, it is very easy to get on a bus to the bus station, around 3euros, then a 20 euro 'first class' bus from the station to Oviedo. The train...
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    Class of 2009

    Hi there i'm a gap year camino-er I leave Plymouth port on April 26th and arrive in Santander on the 27th, from there i intend on getting myself to StJPP some way or another and hopefully clocking up my first few miles on the 29th April, i'm incredibly underprepared and very nervous
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    Gap Year First Time Camino

    Hi all i'm Tom 18 and from Lincolnshire, UK. I'm looking to do the camino in april and am obviously slightly apprehensive, i speak spanish and have a network of close friends in Asturias, and trust me other than learning russian this will be the highlight of my year as working in McDonalds full...
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