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I got bites a few days before Santiago.
I didn't see any evidence of bed bugs before or after the bites.
I stayed in private accommodations.
I bagged my backpack in a garbage bag and left it in the hot sun for about two weeks when I got home.
Was never bit again after that one incident...
My most expensive unscheduled expense was the ten day walking trip I ended up taking on the Jurassic Coast Trail in England after failing to make it across the Pyrenees.
I was incredibly fortunate that I was able to do this financially and it fuelled the drive to go to Spain and walk from...
I embarrassed myself by crying in front of some new friends at Monte del Gozo.
I was travelling on my own and it was such an amazing moment when I realized that I was going to finish the journey that I had failed three weeks before.
(Long story involving the Pyrenees, a taxi back to SJPdP, bus...
Just before my short 215k Camino this summer I walked along the Jurassic Coast Trail in England. As an absolute novice at long distance walking it was the most breathtaking experience. Beautiful scenery with the English Channel at your side for much of the trail.
Whoever you go --enjoy your...
I used my KoboArc reader which was/is wifi capable.
I had just purchased a Sony camera which was also wifi capable.
I was able to download my photos wirelessly and blog/Facebook along the way.
I had done a Himalayan trek the year before and kept a written journal,
Both are fabulous ways to go...
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