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    walking part of the camino frances and staying in hotels....

    Hey Lex! Enjoy your Camino in your own way, be mindful of others needs and smile a lot! If I were EVER (and I wont!) to be doing another Camino I would certainly take the option of having my luggage trucked ahead and carrying a daypack, as well as having hotels all booked in advance. I am lucky...
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    I would have done someting different than the Camino.

    An interesting thread. Shaman was pretty emphatic (to say the least) in his criticisms of the Camino, but (as has been said) has every right to express those views on an open forum. Carol and I completed our Camino on May 21st. I found the "perceived and romanticised Camino" to be very...
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    Warning: Reports of Scam in Galicia

    Come ON JALAN JAUH! Everyone needs a break from their working day! :wink: :lol: :lol: Incidentally, was anyone approached by that dude in the fancy costume selling CD's in front of the cathedral in Santiago? We politely said "no thank you" but that (apparently) was not going to cut it with...
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    Vegetarian albergues/restaurants on the Camino Frances

    Cedros restaurant in Santiago (which sadly we only found on our final evening!) is EXCELLENT and has plenty of vegetarian options. The cuisine is Thai and is tasty, wholesome and well cooked. I'm not vegetarian, but will always happily eat a vegetarian meal when Carol and I visit a vegetarian...
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    Warning: Reports of Scam in Galicia

    Choweth- Not meaning to be facetious...BUT you'd have to ask him that question :lol: It's a sad fact of life that where there are good people on a pilgrimage there will others who feel that their vulnerability is something to be exploited for their benefit. I want to always do the right thing...
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    When did you buy?

    We did the Camino this past April thru May but had our gear list completed a few years back as we are both keen bushwalkers out here in Australia. In my humble opinion, your feet should be No 1 priority and good boots/shoes are ESSENTIAL and it's a good idea to get these early in the piece and...
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    Warning: Reports of Scam in Galicia

    I'm NOT 100% sure if this was an attempted scam, but on April 20, when we were completing the crossing of the bridge leading into Logrono I saw a guy standing on the sidewalk at the corner, wearing what appeared to be pilgrims gear and with a backpack. I said "buen camino" and he said to me "are...
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    Vigo, The Experience

    G'day! We completed our camino on May 21st and as our flight home to OZ was not until June 6th had a period of time to "fill" We visited the travel agency near the pilgrims office and through them arranged an itinerary that took in Fisterra, A Coruna, and Vigo. Coming into Vigo by rail on a grey...
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    It's Different This Year

    We are unable to choose who walks the path with us. Our fellow walkers may not always be whom we would like to be walking with, this is not their responsibility or ours. The point is to make the Camino an experience that you will remember for good reasons. Our Camino completed in May of this...
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    It's Different This Year

    Nice positive post! Lovely to read! An honest assessment of the Camino without surrendering to despair. I found your post most refreshing! Thank you Marigold! :D
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    You know you're a pilgrim(or soon to be) when...

    and after receiving absolution, you kneel to pray in that place where so many have prayed before you. NOTHING, scallop shell, compostela, credencial cluttered with sellos, tee-shirt, photo, diary, made me feel more like a pilgrim than that day in Santiago cathedral.
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    You know you're a pilgrim(or soon to be) when...

    45 years since receiving the sacraments you pour out your heart to a kindly priest and beg forgiveness for your many sins.
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    It's Different This Year

    Hi Annie! Buen Camino! My wife Carol and I completed our Camino in Santiago on May 21st. This was our first (and only) Camino and at the conclusion of the journey we both felr mixed emotions. Relief at having overcome the tyranny of distance and discomfort, and elation at the thought of...
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    What makes you come back to the Camino?

    Thanks for that LTfit, I hope that my comments here were not seen as "demeaning" and if any of them were, then I am sorry, it was never my intention to offend/demean anyone, just offer another point of view. Buen Camino! Dave :D
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    A great place to stay at Villafranca Montes de Orca

    Hi Folks and Buen Camino! :D Just thought I'd share this piece of info with you regarding accomodation at Villafranca Montes de Orca. Carol and I had walked through some pretty awful weather on the way to Villafranca and were pretty much "done" as we entered the village we passed a small bar on...
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