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I haven't walked the Invierno, but I did take the train from Santiago de C to Pamplona, which goes through the area the Invierno covers. I remember extensive forest-covered hills and beautiful river valleys. Gronze's stages total around 200 km, and the site also includes an elevation profile...
The Cost of Living Index of Johannesburg is 109, Pretoria is 106, and Capetown is 91. Washington DC, which is extremely expensive compared to where I live, has a Cost of Living Index of 92. Besides, an international company like an airline does not set its fares based on local costs. Two like...
I just checked the price of flights. I found a round-trip ticket Johannesburg-Madrid for under $500--$300 less than one from my airport on the east coast of the US.
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