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    How do you fix a stage miscalculation?

    Camino has taught you to not try and tame it. I love to overplan, but once I start walking my plans just become suggestions.
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    Why do pilgrims carry on when it is really hard?

    If we did only what was easy, would we ever do anything in life?
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    help with camino kml,kmz,gpx tracking.

    Sorry, I haven't had time to read the comments above but I'd like to just say: DON'T RELY ON GOOGLE MAPS! I've made that mistake before :( Google Maps only works with internet access, and if you don't save it on the map that adds stars or "want to go" or a label, it will be lost if your phone...
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    Post a picture of your credential!

    Where did you get the Croatian one? That is "pleter" in the background :)
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    Animals we meet on camino

    Out of thousands of animals I meet and take photos of, this is the only one that left a lasting memory... and almost bit two of my fingers off.
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    Finisterre Xunta Albergue closed

    I've been looking for this information but couldn't find anything. Albergue was still closed on April 17th. We got our certificate at Plaza Constitución, looking at Google Maps, it might have been Tourist information center at Rúa Carrumeiro 10.
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    The Danger of using Permethrin to prevent Bed Bugs.

    Maybe if they are there at the time of spraying. After, they just walk over it. People have been bitten 24 hours after the rooms were treated. The longest the worst room had without complaints was a week.
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    The Danger of using Permethrin to prevent Bed Bugs.

    I worked in a hostel and have seen how spraying with permethrin works... If the walls aren't dripping while spraying and if everything isn't covered, the bugs just scurry into any holes they can find. I've been told they hide in the installations. The rooms were treated, the bugs come back, the...
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    Oporto eats

    I was in Oporto in december for two weeks and had a chance to try out a couple of places. It's always safest to follow the locals when they go to lunch. You can eat great food for very cheap. I'll edit this post when I come home and write my favorites with addresses. Please beware of expensive...
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    My dogs are up for it but i think the people dont want them there

    I'm a worrier and I fell anxious every time I go out with my dogs. That is the only reason I wouldn't even try to take them on the camino. I think the camino is not dog friendly mostly because people have misconceptions about dogs. I don't remember ever feeling scared about dogs on the camino...
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    Meat and Vegetable Diet

    Nanc, I'm a little reluctant to order some of these items because in my country they often put flour to make the food denser. Do You ask when You order what they use?
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    Meat and Vegetable Diet

    Hmmm... interesting. I haven't done tests so I'm not sure what exactly is my problem with white flour and oats but I'm 100% sure there is a problem. On my camino I decided to ditch my diet for economic reasons and my face was already visibly puffy on day 2. If intolerance is the result of...
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    Burst my camino bubble.

    I didn't mind the pain in my spine from the backpack on the first day, the pain in my feet and the blisters. Didn't mind the rain and the wrong fleece shirt I took that kept my back completely soaked with sweat. The early sleepers were a logistical bother but I guess people have to sleep so I...
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    Early Morning Pilgrims - Suggestion

    I experienced this during my camino... I would get to the albergue and enter a dark room, try to unpack/wash/go out to eat thinking I'd have some time to repack my stuff later. But the lights would be out again when I come back and I'd prepare for sleep as quiet as I can in the dark. In the...
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    Ladies only, please!

    I can't imagine doing my camino without my Mooncup. I know it could sound weird to someone who hasn't tried it, but it's much cleaner for me than a pad or a tampon (+ less garbage). I've been using it for three and a half years now and, not to sound too dramatic, it changed my life. I've heard...

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