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You haven't provided much information and that makes it very difficult to figure out what your problems might be. A WhatsApp call may go unanswered for many reasons including you calling at a time when the person receiving your call is asleep... -
gml reacted to peregrina2000's post in the thread Inviting reflections on the wider costs of walking a Camino with
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We have had threads like this in the past, so before I take the time to think about how to answer your questions from my own vantage point, I would just like to post a “preemptive strike.” If you are not concerned about these issues, please just... -
gml replied to the thread Lisbon recommendations for the first night stay..I, too, stayed at Largo da Sé, but can't recommend it! Although I prearranged a time to drop off my backpack, I found the door locked and waited for 1.5 hours before staff arrived. My room looked nice and clean, but around 1 a.m., I awoke with 15...
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General truths: Andalucía - dry. Galicia - wet. Routes like the Mozárabe, Vía de la Plata, Vía Serrana etc would be good bets for being dry in Oct.
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Not long enough
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gml reacted to Bradypus's post in the thread What would you change about the CF - if you could? with Like.
Have to disagree. Yes - there would be fewer services. But "dull"? Not my experience. There are now 50 pilgrims on the Camino Frances for every one that I met on my first Camino. I could go for days without seeing another pilgrim. But it never...
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gml reacted to MesaWalker's post in the thread What would you change about the CF - if you could? with Like.
I wish there were fewer locked, inaccessible churches. That may be because of fear of, or actual, vandalism. I was surprised how many churches were closed. I would have liked quiet time in many.
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gml reacted to VNwalking's post in the thread What would you change about the CF - if you could? with Like.
Not much, at least about the camino itself. The beautiful and ugly, the serene places and the parts near a motorway, the cities and vast empty spaces...all those things are part of a whole. People are another story. I would love fewer entitled...
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gml replied to the thread Vodafone - Setting for crossing from Portugal to Spain.With roaming on, the data on my Portuguese Vodaphone sim still stopped working when I crossed the bridge into Spain (I didn't test the phone function). Now I use an international data-only sim from a company called Keepgo. There is no monthly...
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I have watched this movie about four times. I saw it for the first time about four years after I joined this forum and two years before my wife and I managed to walk most of the Camino Frances. The movie increased my interest in spending more...
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