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    Bed Bugs

    Much good information, and many good suggestions here in these posts! At least keep your pack closed away from your bed. Don’t spread the contents of your pack on your, or any other bed! Maybe being like pilgrims of old has some merit … wear, and carry very little
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    How do you use such a small pack?!?

    A few good pieces of advice I got were: everything weighs something!; you should carry no more than 10% of your weight; get your poncho at IKEA, they come in red and black, cost about $10, and they are way lighter than the army grade ones! I'm over 200 lbs, and I carried 20 lbs give or take in a...
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    Flights - Carry on Rucksack

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    Silk sleep liners vs Cheap liners?

    Walking the Sanabres from Ourense in early October as well. My last Camino VdlP 6 years ago (spring 2012) I took an equatorial sleep bag (single cotton on one side, light insulation on the other). The majority of the walk was colder and rainy so I needed some insulation on top. Too many...
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    Best SIM card for use in Europe

    Travelling in Portugal and Spain for 3 weeks in October ... looking for SIM info as Rogers Roam Like Home would cost me over $200 for 22 days! Has anyone purchased a SIM from CAN or US and received it here before travel? Lots of forms ask for phone number at destination.
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    Camino BMP (Before Mobile Phones)

    It’s the problem with the whole world both young and old ... plugged in but tuned out!

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