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My mental picture is that, when it's time to take a shower, you haul your passport/money/phone plus toiletries plus clean clothes along with you since everything else is a common area. Is this accurate?
If so, my thought was to bring along a small nylon bag I have...
I was in Eastern Mountain Sports looking at socks and got to talking with the grizzled gentlemen who worked there. His statement, "Compeed? Naw, never use it. I take some Gorilla Tape [note: if not familiar, it's a heavily reinforced version of duct tape]. I can use it to stick it over a...
I just finished reading a blog that had the line, "Make sure you bring a good knife."
What constitutes good in this particular instance?
I was planning on bringing my old Swiss Army Classic. It has a 1.25" blade and a pair of scissors for cutting Compeeds or something. Is this entirely...
I'm new here and new to the camino. While I've done some hiking in the past, I'm far from an avid or experienced hiker.
I plan to walk the Camino Portugues in April/May of this coming year and am starting to put together equipment lists so that Christmas and my birthday can be profitably...
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