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As has been alluded to above by Peter, WhatsApp uses data (4G very often) as such it is not a phone and connects through a VIOP signal to speak to another person (Voice Over Internet Protocol) in effect it is a computer speaking to another...
In May; I’d stick to shorts. They’re my preferred walking attire in any case as skin dries faster than cloth.
November through to March I pack waterproof over-trousers, which I hate with a passion and would only put on in torrential rain.
At...
I carry Kindle books on my phone. Small pages but does the job as you are taking a phone with you anyway I presume.
Basically there is little time to read in any case unless you shut yourself off from other pilgrims or sit and read as opposed to...
I didn't take a book, or really read or have time to read. I didn't notice any book-swap like places in any of the Albergues, but that could maybe be because I wasn't looking.
I think the obvious book to take is a guide book, one with all the...
You asked about checked luggage on Air France out of CDG. I've done that twice without any problems and I'm comfortable doing that, but I'm not sure two flights is a great measure of their reliability.
Just a thought, but the Victorinox SD is a...
It happens. No doubt someone else can explain the process, but it happens.
Personally I’ve long thought that idiots who do stupid stuff like taking a 14 month old baby up Scafell Pike in the winter, this should be fined, or presented with a bill...
Hi,
The columns are about 2.5 Kms before Sahagun. They are close to the Ermita de la Virgen del Puente. If you go onto Google Earth they are visible close by and the ermita is labelled.
My friend is currently on the Camino Portuguese - a route that he has walked before and has now seen a number of markings as below. What does the Red Cross out signify?
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