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Obviously, as I walk longer, my condition improves. But it is more than that, I also learn as I walk. This year, I walked the del Norte and the Primitivo, some 900 km's in 8 weeks. Near the end, I did not need to stop on any hill no matter how long or how steep. When I get tired, I now find out...
Sometimes, you may want to sleep in the open, it give sooo much freedom!
You may happen to be in a beautiful place, why hurry to go to the next alberghe? In short, for this reason I take a sleeping bag and an air mattress.
Walking the camino del Norte/Primitivo (from Bayonne) in 2018, I spent €24 -€28/day. Why such a low amount?
I don't like meat, so I mostly buy my food in supermarkets and eat salads or cook my own meal in the alberghe.
I like the alberghes (private or municipal), rarely needed to go a...
The past 25 years, I walk on sandals, mostly TEVA's. I walked the camino 4 times. Twice the camino del Norte starting from Irun in end of April and starting in July. During the April/May walk, I had rain almost every day for atleast 2 - 3 weeks.
I never had blisters. It was surprising to me that...
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