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The "Pallottine Camino" walked for the first time this year in April will be repeated next year April 23rd to 25th. 65km over three days. See flyer below. It was a great group to be part of this year....
If you are planning a Camino in 2015, you might like some time to prepare Spiritually for your
Pilgrimage? You might be interested in this retreat, held at Pallotti College Millgrove, near Melbourne, on February 20th to 22nd. Time for prayer, sharing of plans/ideas, training walks.
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I loved Samos - I met only one person on the walk in and no one the next day for kms and kms of magical walking on the way out. Vepsers was great and I even liked the albergue! A great hospitalerio while I was there, who made up for the lack of heating with the warmth of his welcome and the...
I ended up with the Lowe Alpine Airzone - also heavier than I might have liked, but fitted like a glove and I never regretted the extra weight on my camino March/April this year. I was slightly over the 10% weight but my pack was so comforatable it didnt seem to matter for me. I ended up...
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my thought would be to buy her a gift certificate for the store and allow her to choose for herself. From reading reviews here and elsewhere before my camino in March this year, I had decided upon a Osprey Kestral 48. After actually trying it on and walking around the store with it loaded...
I was in San Bol in April this year and it was one of my favourite places. There is a lovely new bathroom. Great paella dinner. There is a generator they turn on for an hour or two early evening for charging phones etc while the hospitaliero cooks, but otherwise no power and only candles for...
Hi, visit this website. Scroll down to Spain SIM icon. Delivered from Bannockburn in Victoria in a few short days. Instructions great. Was able to do a "test drive" before I left to make sure it worked.
http://www.mobipassport.com.au/
I walked with the Lowe Alpine Airzone Centro 45 +10 in March to April this year and I loved it. It was the heaviest pack I tried on, but over several visits to the store I spent time walking around with a number of packs loaded with 10kg. This one felt better than any of the others - I hardly...
My trekking poles: great support, good for balancing when crossing streams and mud patches and useful for scaring away dogs.
My sarong: top sheet in overheated dorms, wrap for dressing in not so private showers, curtain for side of bottom bunk, something to wear for that dash back to the pack...
Not sure what country you come from, but I bought a Spanish SIM from the mobipassport website before I left. (I am from Australia) It was great value, I thought, and enabled me to text and call home when necessary, and also be contactable, which was necessary bacause of my family situation...
In Cebreiro now. Very wet but no snow anywhere but on distant peaks. Not nearly as cold as on the meseta a few days ago. 10c today. Paths muddy and wet. Pilgrims muddy and wet. All paths so far are passable. Weather looks to be improving in next few days according to the locals.
Yes you can get a Spanish SIM card in Australia. Google mobi passport. I am in Spsin at the moment and it works great. Cost $25 plus whatever money you want to prepay. I can call Australia anytime to a landline for 5mins for free. Very happy. Arrived within days of ordering. Sent from near...
Hi, I am hoping to leave around March 18th - a few days after you. Echo the concerns about the weather and thinking of travelling to start from Pamplona instead of St Jean. Disappointed! :(
Hi all. I am from Melbourne and am planning to walk from March 18th. Anyone else walking about that time? This will be my first Camino experience. Have been busy learning Spanish and gathering last minute gear. Only booked last weekend! Rather concerned about the current weather in the...
I am at Cape Woolamai on Phillip Island doing a few training walks. From Cleeland Bight beach up around the Cape, down to the Colonnades and back along the Street is a great 3 hr 30min walk. The Bass Coastal Walk from Punchbowl Rd to Kilcunda, 15km return, (stopping at Kilcunda Genral store...
For me it is all about walking a path that my spiritual forefathers and mothers have walked for many hundreds of years. I am hoping that my "Way" will bring me closer to God: through prayer and a deeper encounter with the God within me, but also through the beauty of creation, the evidence of...
I have yet to book, but I plan to fly from Melbourne to St Charles de Gualle in Paris, then catch a cheap flight to Biarritz. Then book the "Express Barricout" taxi to St Jean. With a flight leaving Melbourne mid afternoon I can be at St Jean by about 8pm the next day. Not bad timing, I...
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