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    Language for camino portuguese?

    I speak quite a bit of Spanish and have walked three full caminos: the frances, twice and the el norte, once. I'm considering doing the camino portuguese this September but don't speak a lick of Portuguese (which is quite different from Spanish - especially the pronunciation). Can I survive on...
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    Camino frances vs camino norte

    I've walked the entire camino frances twice and have also reviewed previous blog postings about the difference between the frances and the norte routes. I'm considering walking the camino norte this September. For those who have walked both routes, on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the most...
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    Credential Misery

    I arrived at the pilgrim's office in Santiago today, after walking approximately 500 miles, and had to wait almost 2.5 hours to get my credentials. I wanted to alert those hikers getting close to the end of the misery you are in store for. After standing in line for hours, one finally approaches...
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    LIVE from the Camino Almost no private rooms available around San Juan, Ages and Atapuerca

    I am just in day 7 of the Camino, currently in Logrono. Have been trying to stay in private hotels, and am using a luggage transport service. I've just spent a fair amount of time on the phone trying to find a private room in and around, Ages, in vain. I called up the luggage transport company...
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    Spain topo map?

    I'm doing the camino frances in late April. I have downloaded the individual stage gpx files into my Garmin Etrex . Any recommendations on whether I should also download a Spain topo map? If yes, any recommendations on which topo map to get? Thanks very much.
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    Roncevalles hotel

    I'm trying to make a hotel reservation for one night, the last week in April, in Roncevalles. Various booking services indicate that there are no hotel rooms available. This seems odd as the last week in April is not a real busy time for the camino. My suspicion is that the few hotels in...

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