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Hello, I lost my GoPro with all my pictures on the Camino between Pedra Furada and Aborim last week. Is there a lost and found in SDC? Any other ideas? Thanks and Buen Camino.
Hello Colette,
It can be a bit daunting. How many are in your party?
The first thing that I would suggest, is to get a good assessment of everyone’s fitness. Ideally you could do some trial hikes with packs and see how far your least fit...
Also, you may see things you are comfortable with and some things you may not be comfortable with. Mainly, just look away or don't look. On my first Camino a group of male bicyclists from Italy strode around visiting pleasantly in the giant bunk...
As regards your driver, get his phone number and set it up in What's App. If you are nervous about getting out of customs in an hour, set the pick up time for later. He'll wait for an hour, but from the time you set. So you can push it back 30...
I always use Google maps satellite view to identify likely camping spots and hour or two before I expect to arrive there.
Near a village, with wild land, not farmed, close to the road but far enough in to be screened. I get there about an hour...
I just need to vent here a minute. I've been booking lodgings for my next Camino (not my group, but my own).
I would like to ask people who post reviews, especially on pilgrim sites such as Gronze, to remember where they are and what they are...
Set out from Porto yday morning, having stayed a couple of nights in Gallery Hostel in Cedofeita (highly recommended).
The walk out of Porto is what it is - leaving any major city tends to mean kms of traffic heavy roads. But I rather enjoyed...
I don't carry much,
To prevent blisters: Vaseline, hikers wool and some tape.
A few bandaids and the smallest tube of antiseptic.
Small tube of Voltaren Gel. (20 ml)
Tiny plastic bottle of Lavender Oil (10 ml) for sunburn, insect bites.
I used...
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