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    Perverts and bed bugs

    Hello there, sorry I didnt reply earlier, if you are walking from Tui you likely wont have a worry there will be a lot more people around from that point on, hope it is all going well for you
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    Perverts and bed bugs

    yes indeed after a bot of googling to see what bed bugs look like it was indeed a flee, never the less the bites were a pain and the treatment laborious.
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    Advice on coastal route from Porto versus internal route

    I walked both, took the coastal out of Porto to Caminha then inland to Valenca and onto Santiago, then back to Porto and walked inland to Valenca. For me the inland route was by far the prettier route. I found the coastal route a bit monotonous with the exception of walking out of Porto along...
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    Perverts and bed bugs

    Hello there I have just completed the Camino Portugese. A word of warning when heading out of Ponte de Lima. It is a beautiful walk out along a path and coming up to a underpass (first few km out) I noted a man luring in the bushes under the motorway overpass who appeared to be looking to see...
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    Not what I expected but...

    As you have obviously found out it takes a while to settle into a walk and bond with the other pilgrims. The longer the walk i have found the more memorable as you run into the same people again and again making it much easier to form a real connection. Coming in at the last 100kms will always...
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    Is Braga worth a detour

    A couple of quick questions; Has anyone walked inland Caminha to Valenca? I want to do the coastal walk out of Porto but head back inland to Valenca/Tui, has anyone done this? any info would be appreciated. Also is it worth taking a day detour to visit Braga?, if so bus or walk, I have plenty...
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    People starting Camino Portugués in September 2018

    Starting September 10th from Lisbon, gammy hips of late and a dicky knee no less, so likely to be a bit on the slow side, ill get there
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    Is this the inner experience?

    I love that you wrote this post and the attachment, I woke up feeling really flat this morning, something that is happening a bit too often lately, and reading and watching this has brought me to tears, but in a good way, it takes me back to the CF in 2014 where it became for me a very...
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    Forest fires

    Hopefully it cools of a bit before I get started
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    Forest fires

    Thanks for the info, good to hear
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    From Lisbon airport to city centre

    thanks for all the advise guys, after an endless trip from Oz ill think i'll be taking a page out of Gerard's book
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    Forest fires

    Thanks for the map @Rainerbernd, it help to put things in perspective, I have to say i'm a little bit nervous as I start my walk 10th September from Lisbon, the fires look a bit too close for comfort at various points along the trail. I hope more so for the local population than me that things...
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    From Lisbon airport to city centre

    Hello, any advise re getting from the airport Lisbon to Rua da Assunau 53 appreciated. I will arrive on a Friday night around 20.00hrs after a hellish flight from Australia and have explored bus/metro options but not sure if i will be up for it and wonder about the taxi service. Any advise...
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    What I learnt along the way + Short Film

    Beautiful
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    23 y/o American looking for help planning to my first Camino!

    I did the CF alone in 2014 and will do the CP again alone in September this year. The beauty of going it alone is you get to walk at your own pace and stop where and when you want. I wouldnt be too concerned about not starting with someone else, you will meet all sorts of people on the way...
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