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Walking up the steps as you head toward the Sarria cathedral at the top of the hill you reach a little courtyard with a cafe painted yellow on the right hand side of the steps......DONT go there, its full of flies and bad fat smells....not more than 25 steps away is a gorgeous wee cafe...
Hi all
Ive read as much as I can find on the option of sending a package from New Zealand to the end of the Camino via Poste Restante. After researching all the options I think this is the way to go for me.
What Im curious about is has anyone done this recently and were there any problems.
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Hi all,
lets all take a chill pill and reeelax! 8)
It's - whatever "floats your boat" (or works for you)
individuals choice is the spice of life. If your choice works then thats cool!
For me a steripen is great... but not for others!
For some is whatever!... others its something else.
its...
hi All,
For your info...
http://www.steripen.com/classic
After many many hours checking all types of water treatment options i have decided on this option for travelling.
Why...
-No Chemicals
-Proven and this system is used by hospitals and treatment plants worldwide.
-Easy, fast, small...
Great info and debate.
lets not "type cast" anywhere aye! :D
Every where has plus's and minus's. NZ is entering 3rd world status in many things and has some of the best stats for many things as well... and while we have many great things we also have many poor things. So does every country...
Hi All,
Again thanks for the advice.
I thought there would be no problem but we over here in New Zealand used to have pure water in our rivers but now, with Intensified Diary farming, have real issues with water quality.
In fact we now have some of the most polluted rivers in the world, but...
Hi All,
Thanks for all your advice. Your help has made things a lot easier to prepare from waaaayyyyyy over here in kiwiland. :D
adios amigos see you on the camino maybe :)
Hi all,
probably a silly question but here goes...
I presume there are plenty of places to buy water on the camino?
But...
what is the tap water like?
What is the river water like?
what are the best tablets to dose water (if suspect) with?
cheers
Graham
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