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Jeremy, I second the other remarks here about how wonderful it was to read your blog. I, too, am now considering a winter Camino! Both your writing and your photography are so well done!
Oh goodness, I’m so sorry for your experience. I think it’s all about your expectations. As a student of history, I think of pilgrimage as the earliest form of international tourism and Santiago as one of the first great tourist destinations. As someone else wrote, even in its earliest days...
I apologize if it sounded like I was criticizing this forum. I wasn't......this is a great resource and Ivar does an awesome job! But most of the posts about poles and carry-on vs check baggage discuss flights in general terms like "around Europe", or from USA/Australia/somewhere to Europe and...
I carry the Carbon Z poles and based on advice from this forum my Mom and I tried to carry them in our carry-on backpacks on the trip from Santiago back to Paris. Security informed us that we could not carry them on the plane, that they would have to be checked. Obviously this was a common...
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