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      vwzoo replied to the thread want solitude.
      I walked in Sept 2018. I am a solid introvert that shuns, dreads large groups. I avoided the Camino families but I met wonderful people to talk to occasionally one on one which I enjoy. I wanted my walk to be a solo spiritual walk and physical...
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      vwzoo reacted to trecile's post in the thread What do you wash your clothes with with Like Like.
      I use a shampoo bar to wash my body and hair, but for my laundry I use laundry detergent sheets. Here's the method that I use from another thread:
    • vwzoo
      I went to an orthopedic shoe store and had custom insoles made for my feet. My doctor recommended that. They were fantastic because they felt great and I had zero blisters.
    • vwzoo
      I typed out my letters, converted to Spanish using Google translate. I would use Google translate on their Spanish letters converting them to English for me to read.
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      vwzoo replied to the thread Training with Weighted Vests.
      I trained with putting a 10 lb bag of dogfood in my backpack in my backpack and walked the daily distance I hoped to walk. That worked great helping me getting my self used to the weight of the backpack.
    • vwzoo
      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...
    • vwzoo
      Wouldn’t change a thing. I walked on sacred ground, walked by millions of feet for well over a thousand years. I am but a humbled visitor to that historic path.
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      vwzoo reacted to Bradypus's post in the thread What makes a pilgrim? with Like Like.
      The albergues are set up to serve pilgrims on their way to Santiago. Many will also host pilgrims who have walked to Santiago and are then returning home by foot. If your intended journey does not either start or finish in Santiago - even if it...
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      vwzoo replied to the thread Book on Spanish History.
      The Way of the Wild Goose by Beebe Bahram was very good
    • vwzoo
      I agree. To advance [British] pilgrimage as a form of cultural heritage, turning the Christian tradition of barefoot walking from a penitential exercise into a pleasurable sensory experience, Christian heritage not as religious heritage but as a...
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