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Porto is still a more popular starting point than Tui when combining central/coastal routes, as these are separated in the statistics you have cited. Of course, the point remains re: the growing popularity of the CP.
That has been happening for some time. In 2013 the Portugues and the Portugues Costa together only made up about 14% of the Compostela totals. By last year that had risen to 32%. Tui is now in second place to Sarria as the most popular starting...
This is only my opinion and suggestion and if you don't agree or like it that is fine and dandy. It will not bother me in the least. For days we have been seeing posts about too many pilgrims, bottlenecks, bed races, etc.
I know many first time...
Thank you kindly for the details🤙🏽 I’ve been practice packing and walking with an older REI Traverse 30L with @4.5-5kg of weight, not including water, some snackies, meds and toiletry stuff, and have felt pretty good afterwards. And there is...
Usually late April is busy because of its proximity to the busy Easter season. This year the holiday came very early, so these are increased non-holiday crowds. Yes, April can be busy, but artificially so based on the Semana Santa walkers...
Just an FYI that all available beds are taken in SJPDP tonight - fully, truly COMPLETO! There’s an indication of how busy this year may be since it’s just a Wednesday in late April, not usually considered a busy time for the CF. Cold weather...
So little update, Gregory’s suspension system is superb . Even with 5 to 6 kg of load I am doing 25 kms per day and I have no issues. I brought rain gear and puffy jacket and everything fits well in the backpack . Plenty of pockets . I was...
Sounds like from reports there is a big wave of pilgrims moving through right at this particular time. She could try to transit to another less traveled Camino if she is discouraged. From Pamplona she could go by bus to Jaca and walk on the...
Hi I'm currently researching the Gregory Focal 38 in size LG. I've seen several different measurements listed on various websites. Can you confirm that the correct dimensions are 69 x 36 x 31 cm?
Thanks everyone for the replies, tomorrow morning I will fly to Bilbao and continue from there on . Funny thing is that I was supposed to fly on 27th but I missed my 3 a.m flight(just woke up few hours later ) :) it is a good thing actually...
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