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You are welcome. The story of the lady from Brazil gave me the determination to reach Santiago. I decided that unless I was physically injured or sick, I would walk the entire way. Which is what I did despite being severely overweight and out of shape when I started.
To walk the Camino is a very personal choice. To get from dreaming to doing, many people have to deal with their personal fears of what may negatively occur.
I realized that I had been existing, not living. I had been slowly giving up my dreams, and just walking through the grind of daily...
While a credit card will be useful in the big cities, it will not be in the small villages and towns where cash is king. And do not wait until you are out of money to go to an ATM. I remember one instance on a Sunday where all the ATM'S were empty in a small city.
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