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  1. evanlow

    How the Camino can change your life: Personal experiences and expectations

    Not knowing what to expect, I went on my first Camino thinking that somehow the 30 days walking on my own will change me. Yes. I experience what everyone had posted here in the forums. But what is life changing for me (to each their own) is the simplicity of the Camino. Eat, sleep, wash, walk...
  2. evanlow

    How many pilgrims do not ask for a Compostela after their Camino?

    I only have 4 Compostela for the 11 or so Caminos I walked. Reason is that all the other Caminos joined Caminos that I had already walked and that is where I stopped. E.g.Camino Mozarabe at Merida, Camino Madrid at Sahagun.
  3. evanlow

    Train from Madrid to Irun

    Bus? I took the bus from Madrid to Irun when I did the Camino Norte but that was 10 years ago. Probably still an option?
  4. evanlow

    GaiaGPS - layers?

    Layers like in route overlay? I used MapsMe in the past caminos but any app that can import KML or GPX layers should do fine. Like Organic Maps, Maps.me, Google maps, Mapy.cz, OSMand, Oruxmap, Viewranger and Komoot. I personally used MapsMe in my past Caminos. To get the layers for the Caminos...
  5. evanlow

    Lost/delayed Luggage

    My own experience. The only time my luggage was delayed (not lost) coming in via Dubai by a day. Just my backpack (not bicycle). Turn out that my connecting flight was close (2 hours)bin Dubai and all the check in luggages on the first leg going to the second leg (Madrid) didn't make it. The...
  6. evanlow

    Fitness Wearables

    On Mi Band 5 now but I used a Fitbit Charge 3 for my Camino Mosel in Germany back in 2019. What struck me was the data I got for Camino daily. 1. Around 23k-41k steps (17-32 km) 2. With the 1.8k-3.1 thousand calories (excluding the basal metabolic calories) 3. With the Fitbit barometer sensor I...
  7. evanlow

    An attempt at a secular Grand Camino Theory of Everything

    Purky, I've did try to come up with the "Grand Camino Theory of Everything" before. It's a game!!! Just hear me out first. It starts with a pilgrim I met who said that the Camino is the "microcosm" of life. With that start, I figured that the parameters are exactly like what you said; there is...
  8. evanlow

    After Frances plans

    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...
  9. evanlow

    Long distance walkers - how did you train?

    Seems that people just simulate the activity in order to train for it, which is difficult if the activity is 30 plus km. Subjective and works for me ever since I tried has been to work around it. Since I don't have the time to walk the tens of thousands of steps with backpack, I chose to do...
  10. evanlow

    It becomes harder to find germans on the camino

    Deuter backpacks. Short sleeves shirts with full buttons (men). These are two more things to help your profiling....😅
  11. evanlow

    Camino de Madrid by bicycle

    I walked the Camino de Madrid. From Segovia all the way to Sahagun it is like the Plata, relatively flat and perfect I think for bikes (track bikes). The only thing to look out for is the 3rd day, walking across the Sierra to Segovia. I believe there is an alternate path for cyclists. In any...
  12. evanlow

    Try this drink in Valencia

    It's a milky drink from a nut. Coming from Asia, it taste like a cross between soy and almond drink. 😆
  13. evanlow

    Try this drink in Valencia

    Horchata. One can get it at all supermarkets in Spain. Since the nuts came from that region it is more common in the bars and probably homemade as well... 👍
  14. evanlow

    Which is the flattest major Camino de Santiago route?

    Two Caminos came into my mind. Via de la Plata and Camino Madrid. Caveats: 1. Via de la Plata (Some hills in the second or third day), but from Merida to Sanabria nice and flat. After that the crossover to Galacia is hilly. 2. Camino Madrid. Start after the mountains north of Madrid at...
  15. evanlow

    Rain Protection: Poncho or Rain Jacket for CF in April and May?

    For me, the question to ask is: 1. How much rain is expected during the time I will be walking the Camino. 2. How much time is needed to don the raingear and also get out of it. Too long and the rain may stop by the time the gears are worn. 3. How comfortable is it? Breathable material? etc. 4...
  16. evanlow

    Pre-Camino walking regimes - are they worth it? Do they work? Are they needed?

    My case for my first Camino was everything one should not do. Was overweight, rush to Spain just a day after finishing my project with includes 2 overnights just to get the system into production, packed too much, wrong size shoes, etc... Somehow it was miracle I made it, despite bad blisters...
  17. evanlow

    10 day Camino de Madrid - Stages and reflections

    If one loves the meseta, you will love this route. Pretty much the meseta from Segovia all the way Sahagun 👍
  18. evanlow

    Do you care about continuity?

    My case is more like after the first few main Caminos, the subsequent ones never made it to SDC. Example, Camino del Madrid from Madrid to Sahagun. Camino del Interior from Irun to Santo Domingo de la Calzada, etc...
  19. evanlow

    Why do YOU go on pilgrimage?

    As someone who has come of age in the 80s, I heard many times people saying 'to go to Nepal (mountains) to find yourself'. After years of working life, this statement was never far from my thoughts. So when I discovered the Camino (first as a tourist in SDC) I thought I found my mountains. The...
  20. evanlow

    SIM Cards Again

    Roaming doesn't work for most Portuguese sim. But a Spanish sim can work in Portugal. It explains the price difference..

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