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    Donativo: A Dead Idea?

    David As of June this year David is still there and many were the Pilgrims that left with full hearts and welling eyes.
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    Traveling after the Camino

    Personally I found the transition a difficult one. My Camino ended abruptly en route to Finnesterre when my wife came down with a severe bout of the vomits. We bussed back to Santiago and tried again in a car. Every track crossing and every walker that we passed caused pangs of longing and a...
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    Things the Camino needs more of

    Billboards for example advertising future albergues / hostels, bars etc.
  4. JohnG

    Where are all the Americans???

    Perhaps it was the time you walked. I was on the trail in May and June and met heaps of Americans, really enjoyed getting some first had insights into that most fascinating country.
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    Litter!!!

    Have just completed my first Camino and am pleased to report that it exceeded all my expectations, I now understand why people do it again and again and again. There is one thing though that took me totally by surprise, in a less than pleasant way, and that is the amount of litter on and around...
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    LIVE from the Camino I'm here!!

    Thanks for the update - I leave in a week, though have booked at Orrison to help the jet lag from Oz
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    This year I am considering 40+ kgs in my backpack: A mobile backpack

    Do they come with horns, I have visions of the running of the LS3's.
  8. JohnG

    Yet another packing list

    I'm with Stefania here concerning the poles, also why count clothes being worn, surely they are a constant. If you take those out its hard to see how you could be more minimalist. I am leaving in May and so wrestling with my own list. Cheers, John
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