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    My stages on the Camino Primitivo (8 days)

    we have seen it work. enjoy the journey
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    Model itineraries by Kumano Travel

    We just returned from the Kumano-Kodo. Nakahechi route: coast to coast east-west. The information service at Kii-Tanabe is very useful, informative and they provide free compostela passes for registering stamps as dual pilgrims. The main route is 78 km with the World Heritage centre in Hongu and...
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    Our thoughts & wishes are with Japan

    Our scheduled walk in Japan (the annual international walking festival) / 150 km was cancelled in October this year because of landslides /damage to infrastructure from the Typhoon 12-13.october. We walked the Kumano-Kodo instead. The typhoon did not hit the Kii-peninsula as hard as Tokyo and we...
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    My stages on the Camino Primitivo (8 days)

    We were 4 walkers and did our second camino with no prebooked accomodation. Part of the UNESCO heritage is not..."drawing a line" to walk through to Santiago but the collective support to walkers along the route - catering for water, food, shelter through the years and seasons. There is capacity...
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    St.Juan de Villapanada.

    April 2019:easter. Domingo showed up (with a temper), required all to lay out their sleeping bags, and threatened to throw out anyone without this basic equipment. The albuergue is unheated, with a choice of huddling around a stove in the kitchen or moving it into the dorm. Simulatenously...
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    Albergue San Juan de Villepanada

    It is not in the spirit of the community to question the sincerety of other peregrinos. We do not walk alone. This is not a singular observation. Shared experiences are the topic, the details that are valuable for others planning the way. Being a public auberge does not excuse abrasive treatment
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    Albergue San Juan de Villepanada

    https://goo.gl/maps/tFxB28Zwy2MwKYEq5
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    Stylish hats anyone? Pics please!

    shadow - with hat
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    Albergue San Juan de Villepanada

    This guy is apparently somewhat of an institution - having made an impression on so many! on Supplies: There is a meagre "one of each" supply of rations:both dry (pasta/tea), vegetables (onion/tomato&potatoe) and refrigerated (yoghurt), plenty of drinks - and a vendor machine (snack): but...
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    Albergue San Juan de Villepanada

    The comments are a tribute to the generous state of mind of the fellow walkers (thank you for sharing!) The discussion would not have been initiated had this not had a complicated side - also witnessed by others above. Yes, abide by his rules and add the experience to your bucket list if you...
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    My stages on the Camino Primitivo (8 days)

    We were four walkers that completed the Primitivo on the morning of the 9th day - 7-15.4 after weather and chest infection delayed us a few hours from the suggested stopovers below: The primitivo can be done in a week skipping the "short" days and walking in: beautiful route! Well done...
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    Weight, and how its discussion is terrifying me.

    I was happy to find most albergues have wash/dry service, so i was able to walk through in a single set of walking clothes/did not use my spare except for sock change., Thus I could have saved weight. The amazing infrastructure along the camino makes it possible to walk with a minimum of spares/...
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    I don't wear socks 😂

    the more km you have prepared the safer your approach (solve these issues before the long haul!) However do learn how to use elastic adhesive bandage (athletic/Tensoplast) to protect skin chafing BEFORE it blisters. It sticks for several days-even surviving shower-and taping in time is better...
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    Albergue San Juan de Villepanada

    Exactly - this was our first albergue on this Camino and not a good one - there are better options. After the Camino Frances - several experienced camino walkers had never suffered this treatment - please take advise. There are new albergues opening, the most remarkable we met was after...
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    Dirty Girl Gaiters

    It says Extremities , Goretex on them. BOught them in Ireland, doing the Castlebar walks - fine when vegetation covers your boots, and norwegians always use gaiters in snow
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    Donde? Any suggestions on routes / legs for 7 days

    you could do porto-Santiago in a week. You also get a compostela for the San Salvador (Leon-Oviedo), there is your mountain range. choose your distance and walk in on the primitivo....great trail!
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    Albergue San Juan de Villepanada

    Note from moderator—for some reason I had not noticed that this post had a picture of Domingo. Though his picture is widely available in the internet, the OP should not post one without his consent. Immediately after Grado - and a natural first stop on the Camino Primitivo is a public albergue...
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    Camino Primitivo

    some more images
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    Dirty Girl Gaiters

    I have gaiters which do wonders in rain, keeps lower trousers dry, covered and clean. THe combination of poncho + gaiters work fine for me (ponchos leave your lower legs exposed at each step, even "filling" the boot top from above): and in mud you splatter stuff all over when walking - the...
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    Camino Primitivo

    Hello: we are through! Thank you for all comments. We walked in 8 days approximately as sketched above. It is possible to do double-stages also on the Primitivo (shorten another day or two on top of the schedule above). All four went as a team - oldest 65 years. Beautiful route. We had some...

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