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  1. Ruffy2791

    Sleeping bag? and looking for Kiwi couple

    Partner and I each took a high quality light-weight compact sleeping bag with us. Because of space, the growing desire to travel as lightly as we could, and the fact that nearly every Algergue, hotel and hostel provided a blanket we packaged them up and sent them home very shortly into our...
  2. Ruffy2791

    What do we do about prescription medications? ( Especially controlled substances)

    For the 6 months I was in the Schengen and non-Schengen I took 4,000+ prescription tablets (9 different medications) with me in various containers and packaging. Not once in any of the 18 countries I visited was my baggage inspected. I had cut-out the various labels from the prescription boxes...
  3. Ruffy2791

    Luggage Storage Questions

    Hi Ivar, when i arrive in Santiago i will be there for approx 2 days before i walk to Finnisterre and Muxia. I have already forwarded 3 or 4 items to you for storage. Can i collect these items, sort my stuff and put my case back into storage until my return from the end of the earth? Extra...
  4. Ruffy2791

    Socks & "sock liners"

    We have found that a fist-full of wool is so handy (not cotton wool) for breaking off in small clumps to place between your toes when required is fantastic. It is not to replace Compeeds or complement them but to add to your 'toe/foot medicine chest'. I guess that it also has impregnated lanolin...
  5. Ruffy2791

    Do I need to learn some Spanish before my camino? Yeah, you probably should...

    Each for their own but I compared Microsoft's Translate with Google's Translate. I downloaded the Microsoft version and get by very well. In fact it is fun most of the time. Time for some research, eh?
  6. Ruffy2791

    Available booking at Borda June 6, 2023

    Hello, we were booked at Auberge Borda and arrived too early. Only 3 hour slow walk from SJPdP. We have forfeited our booking and chosen to walk on to Ronchevailles instead. If our booking is taken by someone else then no charge for us. If, however, no one books then we pay. This post is...
  7. Ruffy2791

    Trekking Pole in Saint Jean Pied-de-Port

    I (we) are in SJPdP right now. There are several stores here selling all kinds of trekking stuff - including walking poles. Here in SJPdP you see a very commercial side of the Camino. Small businesses selling stuff to "will be" Pilgrims - just trying to make a living. Having said that, SJPdP...
  8. Ruffy2791

    Type and size of towel?

    I practice what I learned in my scout days. I have a flannel and a small-ish towel. After my shower I 'dry' myself down with my flannel and wring it out tight a couple of times in the process. After this performance I then dry myself with the small towel. My towel remains reasonably dry and my...
  9. Ruffy2791

    Australian Currency Conversion Rates

    Sound advice dougfitz - thanks for your input.... (BTW - I read allot of your input on these Threads. You've provided some good stuff - thanks.
  10. Ruffy2791

    Australian Currency Conversion Rates

    Thanks for your well-considered response Annie. I am inclined to load my card with AUS$ then withdraw cash at ATM's at whatever the prevailing rate is. The NAB make a song and dance about their fee-free card but clobber you with poor ex-rates (smoke and mirrors). Buon Camino Annie.
  11. Ruffy2791

    Australian Currency Conversion Rates

    My gal-frand and I will become pilgrims on the Camino by end May / early June. We have read volumes of blogs and threads and watched YouTube clips and DVDs. We feel we are overly prepared - we just want to get down to just doin' it. Is there any Aussies out there who can tell what the A$ buys...

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