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On my first camino, I rented a car from Sdc to Madrid for 6 days, staying at cheap hostal along the way. It gave me lots of ideas for my following Camino's by driving down from coast to Padron, Vigo, then headed east to Verin, Sanabria, Salamanca, Avila, Toledo, Segovia before returning the car...
Yes. Do whatever makes you happy. Incidentally I do the opposite, never walk the same route more than once. That said, it was always fun to walk alternate route and end at the place one is familiar. Like Madrid to Sahagun, Irun to Santo Domingo de la Calzada. Granada to Merida, Valencia to...
'Camino provides' is quite a cliche.
Just imagine how we must have look to these people. Miserable looking. That tends to get more help from people than usual. With that, the chances of coincidence (with a positive outcome) are quite high. Have a place to eat when all the restaurants are closed...
Blogspot,
Via email. Subject becomes the title, the email body becomes the blog, attached photos becomes images in the blog.
Carried only a smartphone...
I met a 15 year old girl from the UK during my first Camino, I believe in the albergue at Azofra. I couldn't get much for information from her (maybe good that she don't talk too much to strangers). :)
My only take is that I hope she gets to interact with more people perhaps closer to her age...
I can't speak for others but all my caminos are different routes over the last 11 years.
My theory (at least for me) keep walking the camino is an escape from the real life to live in the simpler metaphor.
It is only during my fourth camino that I understood and began to make real life in the...
Since I've done both, I can say that for wider tracks, no need. Narrower tracks, yes. I make sure there is a small bell on the bike. As for slowing down, probably not. Just like an elevation of more than 10 degrees is harder on the bike than walking, the loss of momentum in slowing has a similar...
I concur. Having done most of my caminos on foot and two short ones on a bicycle to compare (via Francigena - 10 days and Mozarabe just before Cordoba-Merida). Weight and bulk also make a big difference.
If I have to do it again I would probably follow the example of a Spanish cyclist I met on...
It is hard to train for the Camino and most Camino repeat offenders mostly just go and the physical part will take care of itself within a few days.
That said, my last Camino had been easy despite doing 100 km within 3 days to Segovia (Camino del Madrid). I don't even have to cater for the...
No. Not when I have to pay a hefty sum to fly myself all the way there to walk.
Just once, on the via de la Plata (Sanabres) after already walked 30+ days and crossing over to Galicia I encountered 3 days of continuous downpour and cold temperature. The third day when the visibility dropped to...
From another person from Singapore, I walked the Norte in 2012.
When I walked it in spring, there were more people to Santander after. You get about a handful on average but I can imagine by now much more.
No real long stretches that I remember but do recall. A couple of places feels like a...
No rest days for me unless unable to walk. Plan short distance to major places arriving no later than 12 pm if it is of interest. Too restless if I have them.
Don't worry. For me my second Camino was also the Primitivo (no Frances or Salvador) from Oviedo.
It was same, yet different, it even rain the day before my walk.
The moment you put on your shoes (boots) and start to walk, everything worries will just melt away. I am very sure that within the...
I would also like to hear from those who repeat Camino Frances.
I took a different track, first with alternate Caminos which brings me back to SDC so many times that I started calling St. James Jimmy instead and felt out of place when I see all the joyous first timers completing their journey...
Just imagine you are walking through towns and sometimes cities without the knowledge of the locals. Even if someone knows where you can get it in a city doesn't mean you can get there easily (without a car). I am from a tropical city and coconut milk, candy and drink are easy to get everywhere...
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