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Confirming what Silvester reported in December 2014, when flying out of Santiago de Compostela poles are NOT allowed in cabin luggage. When they catch them on the security scanner, you'll have to go back out to the check-in counter, wait in line again, check your pack (or just the poles), then...
Just completed the Camino Francés, SJPP to SDC, with the Osprey Kestrel 38. I'm a 5'11" (1.8m) male, 16o lbs (73 kgs), and this pack, when properly adjusted, was a dream.
I was very diligent about keeping my packed weight as low as possible, and managed to carry everything at under 14 lbs...
In Nájera, the Albergue Sancho III- La Judería
It isn't really an albergue, just a bunch of rooms with twice as many beds in each room as there should be. Bathrooms are deplorable. Traffic all night long on the busy street below. Worst of all is the owner, the most unpleasant, disagreeable...
I stayed there about a month ago. It is new and modern, spotlessly clean, with fabulous bathrooms, a full Pilgrim kitchen, a wonderful evening meal, and warm, gracious, helpful hosts.
It doesn't have a huge amount of personal charm, as many of the Camino favorites seem to do, but the...
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