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My partner and I completed the Camino Portugues in April 2019. Some observations:
We started out from Porto with two short days along the coast, then crossed over to the central at Vila do Conde.
General:
* The Portuguese in April had far fewer pilgrims than the Camino Frances at peak (my...
Gear notes
Camino Frances, Sept. 19, 2017 - October 26, 2017
I really benefitted from reading up on this forum, so I thought I'd share these notes about my experience.
Best decisions:
Merino wool long-sleeve T. Started out with it underneath on chilly October mornings. It didn’t reek at the...
I need a CPAP. The wall outlets at Albergue Municipal in Azofra were not working (probably just a circuit breaker that can't be gotten to after hours).
The bathroom outlets were working.
The third floor was unoccupied.
Mis amigos de Camino, I was bumped to the penthouse.
Penthouse at Azofra...
I'm already in the Camino Frances September-October thread, but wanted to get on the calendar.
Headed to London tonight for a couple of days time-shifting, to SJPP Monday and on the road Tuesday 19 September.
I'll be the Pilgrim over-dressed and over-packed.
My Camino begins today ...
The Google Earth app for iPhone has been updated and now allows you to load KML files, of which there are a great many useful ones here:
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/resources/categories/camino-gps-tracks.60/
You can download the files you want and then get them to a location in...
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