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  1. maggiec

    Luggage Transport

    Send it straight to Santiago to Ivar. Look for the link on this site. He has a storage facility and will hold it as long as you like
  2. maggiec

    Hot spot on toe close to leaving on Camino

    Get some Hikers Wool. It is weightless and absolutely fantastic to stuff into your sock where the hotspot is. I bought mine online but some stores stock it. Google it and have a look. The other good thing to take with you is the toe tube thing you buy at a pharmacy. Just cut a piece off and poke...
  3. maggiec

    Australia Post Travel sim cards

    No. I never use SIM cards from home. Its easier to Get a cheap Spanish one from the airport. Vodaphone and Orange stores are everywhere and you can also get Spanish SIM cards in Tabac shops 10 or 20 euros gives you heaps of data and you can make local phone calls. Easy to top up too. Download...
  4. maggiec

    Next Holy Year 2021 - when does pilgrim traffic drop off ?

    Word is that it will be busy both years each side if the Holy Year because of people wanting to avoid the crowds
  5. maggiec

    Sending some luggage to Santiago

    Just chiming in here.....I’m Australian and I don’t know anyone that calls our country Oz! I think it is mostly Americans that use that word. We just call it Australia or Straya
  6. maggiec

    Sending some luggage to Santiago

  7. maggiec

    LIVE from the Camino Terrifying bridge then tunnel

    I will never forget that part. We were lucky and not very much traffic as we crossed the bridge. It didn’t worry me but my walking buddy had a major panic attack. The tunnel was another story. It seemed about a km long and the fumes just about suffocated us. Remember this day Colleen Sims????
  8. maggiec

    LIVE from the Camino Terrifying bridge then tunnel

  9. maggiec

    Best guide for VDLP beginner?

    I found guidebooks were pretty much useless. Used Via de la Plata Premium and Sanabres Premium apps- brilliant!! It also helps to read other people’s blogs
  10. maggiec

    Sevilla-Salamanca in June?

    Be very very careful. It is advised NOTvtovwalk that section in summer. I walked mid September and it was over 40 degrees. As you can see from the photo, I had my life saving sun reflective umbrella. I was unaware of how dangerous it would be. It was 40 degrees by 10.30 - 12. Check weather...
  11. maggiec

    Questions about Via de la Plata...

    I walked mud seotvto end oct. from Seville. The first part is like a meseta and was over 40 degrees. I had a sun reflective umbrella that I’m sure saved my life. (Photo attached). The history on this route and the Roman ruins etc are phenomenal. It is by far the best camino ive done and you will...
  12. maggiec

    Woman Walking solo on the ingles in september

    I walked alone in late May. Hardly saw anyone until the second last day. I never felt unsafe though
  13. maggiec

    Woman Walking solo on the ingles in september

  14. maggiec

    No room on May 28, 2019

    It’s akways booked out months ahead
  15. maggiec

    No room on May 28, 2019

  16. maggiec

    The red bottle brush flower

    It’s an Australian callistemon called a bottlebrush
  17. maggiec

    First Aid Kit - Basic items to take?

    Pharmacies everywhere. I take nail scissors, band aids, Betadine, toe gels and scalpel blades to pop blisters pharmacies everywhere! I take Betadine, bandaids, toe gels, scalpel blades (already sterilised) and alcohol wipes for blisters, anti diarrhoea and nausea tabs. That’s it. You can buy...
  18. maggiec

    Suddenly solo on the VdlP

    Definitely go!! but the VDLP is the road less travelled. Maybe the Frances would be better for you as it is your first time. There are lots of people on the Frances and it is quite social and safe
  19. maggiec

    Walking companion for VdlP april 2018

    Hi Ellen, You will probably meet others but it certainly is the path less walked. We walked in step/oct and met only about 20 other pilgrims. We followed the blog of another person walking ahead of us as the Guidebook was not the best. You can read my blog if you like. It might...
  20. maggiec

    Sanabres-wifi?

    Wifi is pretty much everywhere. Sometimes not but you will only miss a day or two

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