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Walking from Porto Airport to the Coast
I walked out of the terminal, turned right and right again and more or less just followed that road to the coast where my first pension was, after 24hrs on a plane it was a good way to get some blood flowing again and start the Camino that way. Heading back to Porto tomorrow and will spend some...- Just_Me
- Post #17
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇵🇹 Caminho COASTAL FROM PORTO (incl. Senda Lit.)
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Ladies: I would love to hear your stories!
I am just about to finish my Camino and whilst I am by nature strong and independent, loving my own company this experience was sometimes really tough because I got injured and am often in so much pain that everything becomes just too overwhelming. Even though I made the long trip from Australia...- Just_Me
- Post #12
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 👋 Introduce Yourself or Say Hello
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Crocs
Judge not those you see walking with Crocs instead of 'proper' shoes because it may just be the one ones left they can tolerate wearing when Achilles tendonitis strikes. A few people asked me if I was seriously walking in those Crocs. No, I started off with broken-in, good fitting trail runners...- Just_Me
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- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🥾 Equipment and Clothes
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Solo women on Camino Portugues- advice please
Walking solo from Porto, currently in Pontevedra - no hassles at all.- Just_Me
- Post #22
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇵🇹 Caminho PORTUGUÊS Central (Lisboa-Porto-Sant.)
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Pension Mosende Porriño
Met my Camino Angel in the host of pension Mosende. This pension is off the path before Porriño but the host will pick you up from the path and drop you back there, or take you into Porriño even. I was crippled by excruciating heel pain and Manuel jr. bent over backwards to help me out. Since I...- Just_Me
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- Camino de Santiago Forum: Camino Portuguese albergues, pensions and hostals
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Swollen Feet = Blisters
Three days into the Camino my feet stayed swollen overnight and it just got worse as the day wore on. I realised later that it was due to lack of adequate hydration, so once I started to really fill up with water during the day it settled down dramatically.- Just_Me
- Post #31
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🩺 Health & Medical Topics
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LIVE from the Camino Rain, and then some more rain
Switched from coastal to interior yesterday by bus to Ponte de Lima. Already had a few very wet days and it doesn't look like it is going to change anytime soon. It poured relentlessly during the night and I have abandoned my plans to tackle the climb and descent to Rubiaes. Taxi it is, but that...- Just_Me
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- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇵🇹 Caminho PORTUGUÊS Central (Lisboa-Porto-Sant.)
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You Don't Have to be a Lemming...
it was Shirley MacLaine's memoir, which I'd read back in 2001, that put the Camino on my radar and I was determined to experience it for myself. Life took many twists and turns and when I was finally ready for it the CF had turned into something quite different from what I wanted to experience...- Just_Me
- Post #65
- Camino de Santiago Forum: Life on the Camino - Miscellaneous Topics
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Pre-Booking Lodgings and Availability
booking ahead by phone and not speaking the language (well enough) - any hints? There are many places listed in the guidebooks that don't have a website but a phone number. I don't feel confident enough to call and make a reservation (yet).- Just_Me
- Post #3
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇪🇸 Camino FRANCÉS (Most popular route)
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Looking for recommendations for Portuguese Camino guide book
if you have 20/20 vision perhaps, some of the maps are downright illegible, even with glasses on I cannot read a word on some of them. It is a lot thicker (and therefore heavier) too. I favour the Camino Portugués from CaminoGuidebooks.com over the Brierly.- Just_Me
- Post #22
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇵🇹 Caminho PORTUGUÊS Central (Lisboa-Porto-Sant.)
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Portuguese Camino by Bike & Gluten Free Travel
thanks guys, really appreciate the info on the GF options- Just_Me
- Post #3
- Camino de Santiago Forum: Australia and New Zealand
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Blister Treatment
yes, no problems with showering (or doing dishes if used on hands)- Just_Me
- Post #14
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🩺 Health & Medical Topics
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Blister Treatment
Compeed gets a mention frequently. An good alternative (if Compeed is unavailable, too pricey etc) is Duoderm extra thin or Duoderm - both work on the same hydrocolloid treatment base as Compeed and is widely used in wound care. It is wonderful also for split heels or fingertips - you know those...- Just_Me
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- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🩺 Health & Medical Topics
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What I have learnt so far - and I haven't even left yet :-)
excellent suggestion, thank you.- Just_Me
- Post #4
- Camino de Santiago Forum: Life on the Camino - Miscellaneous Topics
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Anyone starting the Portuguese Camino in late March/early April?
Arriving in Porto on 3 April, walking straight from airport to the coast and start the following day from there- Just_Me
- Post #8
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🇵🇹 Caminho PORTUGUÊS Central (Lisboa-Porto-Sant.)
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