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  1. Shamanca

    Chinches en el Camino

    bedbugs don't bite... they eat dead skin. But last year I also saw people who had flees or other tiny, biting animals in their sleeping bags... I love animals but was very happy they didn't came to visit me :D
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    Footwear

    Totally agree... also I would walk a couple of times with a backpack just to get the feeling of it. My guess is that it's totally different from what you are used to now.
  3. Shamanca

    woops

    sleeping bag that ways 32kg :o I don't even think that those exist... do you know?
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    Rome to St. Jean de Pied de Port

    Go by foot or bike :?: (sorry, saw your question and only 1 answer came up) Have a nice time in Rome as well!!
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    safe to travel alone for female?

    Emily... I'm glad to read that you weren't really hurt, though I can imagine these are experiences that can stay with you for some while. One question pops up my mind... why would you need this to happen to you?? :roll: I've also heard that people were stolen from in some refugios. Every...
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    Ecumenism on the Camino?

    Interesting question... Come to think about it, I haven't met anybody who was walking because of his/her religion. Last year was a holly year and so there was spoken about the forgiveness of all sins... but not with a very strong belief that this was the reason to walk the Camino. It was more...
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    Water - what's drinkable?

    I also heard about sort of "straws" and stuff you can put in your water (the water you drink) that works like a filter and "cleansing" the water. I'm gonna take that with me when I go to Peru in October. Don't know the exact name of the items at this moment, but you can buy it in a good...
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    LIVE from the Camino Pre departure jitters

    Had it on 2 different scales... both said ~14.5 Bag itself 1.5kg, water 2kg, jacket 1kg, sleepingbag 0.6kg, medikit & toilet stuff 1, photocamera / mobile / recharger 1 and the rest :wink: Ow well... The weight didn't bother me after 100km. But when I lifted some other bags :roll: :roll...
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    LIVE from the Camino Pre departure jitters

    Yep, I did :wink: What did I take... Backpack, sleepingbag, 2 t-shirts in the bag, 1 pair of trousers (to unzip to shorts) in the bag, 1 cap, 1 jacket, medi-kit, couple of pins (for laundry), 2 pair of socks, underware 2, 2 towels (thin ones like chamois-leather) photo camera, mobile phone &...
  10. Shamanca

    walkingshoes

    I'd take the ones that you like best. I had high ones, since I always walk on them... but I've seen people walk on sneekers as well. A friend of mine was walking on low mountain boots... so just take the ones you like. Better to wear shoes you like and do not bother you than shoes you...
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    LIVE from the Camino Pre departure jitters

    GB... don't see your trip as 1 whole... I mean, 1 piece of 1600km. My experience is that you're walking a piece that you can handle every day and that distance fades when you're walking your Camino. Just a couple of months where you walk small parts :wink: 12kg backpack... I'm a girl and...
  12. Shamanca

    Forest fires

    I am a firewalk instructor and have tend quite some fires... but this is enormous! Too much fires that are rather big and (what I see on the news) it's a bit chaotic how everybody is trying to kill the fires. Hopefully there's going to be some rain in Spain and Portugal soon... I think...
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    glutenfree food

    Hi Reuver, I think it's gonna be hard to find glutenfree bread and food along the way. Are you planning to walk or cycle? That might be a difference as well, since you're moving faster by bike. The bigger towns will not be a problem I think, but the smaller ones, that have only a small...
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    Water - what's drinkable?

    You can drink the water along the way... but make sure to walk around the springs before taking water. Some springs have the "no potable" on the backside. Personally I prefered buying my water at a certain point where I didn't sweat as much as I did before. Don't know why, but it didn't...
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    sleeping bag weight-raingear

    I always wonder how people can get such a light backpack. My backpack itself was already 1.5kg. So I when I read 6, really my eyes go :shock: :shock: :shock: I couln't get it under 12 (water excluded) For the sleeping bag... I'd take a light one. When you're cold, you can always put on some...
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