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  1. evanlow

    After Frances plans

    On my first camino, I rented a car from Sdc to Madrid for 6 days, staying at cheap hostal along the way. It gave me lots of ideas for my following Camino's by driving down from coast to Padron, Vigo, then headed east to Verin, Sanabria, Salamanca, Avila, Toledo, Segovia before returning the car...
  2. evanlow

    Same Camino over and over again

    Yes. Do whatever makes you happy. Incidentally I do the opposite, never walk the same route more than once. That said, it was always fun to walk alternate route and end at the place one is familiar. Like Madrid to Sahagun, Irun to Santo Domingo de la Calzada. Granada to Merida, Valencia to...
  3. evanlow

    Is the Camino an addiction, an obsession or something else?

    Agreed. As they say... First time is an incident Second a coincidence Third a habit And beyond that a lifestyle... 😂😂
  4. evanlow

    How did the camino provide for you?

    'Camino provides' is quite a cliche. Just imagine how we must have look to these people. Miserable looking. That tends to get more help from people than usual. With that, the chances of coincidence (with a positive outcome) are quite high. Have a place to eat when all the restaurants are closed...
  5. evanlow

    Journaling on the Camino

    Blogspot, Via email. Subject becomes the title, the email body becomes the blog, attached photos becomes images in the blog. Carried only a smartphone...
  6. evanlow

    Is 16 Too Young?

    I met a 15 year old girl from the UK during my first Camino, I believe in the albergue at Azofra. I couldn't get much for information from her (maybe good that she don't talk too much to strangers). :) My only take is that I hope she gets to interact with more people perhaps closer to her age...
  7. evanlow

    Why do it Again?

    I can't speak for others but all my caminos are different routes over the last 11 years. My theory (at least for me) keep walking the camino is an escape from the real life to live in the simpler metaphor. It is only during my fourth camino that I understood and began to make real life in the...
  8. evanlow

    Let’s talk budgets.

    About there for me. Some days less, some days more. Average 30-35 euros.
  9. evanlow

    Relections and pointers from an amatuer cyclist.

    Since I've done both, I can say that for wider tracks, no need. Narrower tracks, yes. I make sure there is a small bell on the bike. As for slowing down, probably not. Just like an elevation of more than 10 degrees is harder on the bike than walking, the loss of momentum in slowing has a similar...
  10. evanlow

    Relections and pointers from an amatuer cyclist.

    I concur. Having done most of my caminos on foot and two short ones on a bicycle to compare (via Francigena - 10 days and Mozarabe just before Cordoba-Merida). Weight and bulk also make a big difference. If I have to do it again I would probably follow the example of a Spanish cyclist I met on...
  11. evanlow

    Relections and pointers from an amatuer cyclist.

    Compeed? For blisters?
  12. evanlow

    Water Quality on Camino Frances?

    Never bought watet. Fountain or tap water all drinkable.
  13. evanlow

    Training when you can't walk (outside)?

    It is hard to train for the Camino and most Camino repeat offenders mostly just go and the physical part will take care of itself within a few days. That said, my last Camino had been easy despite doing 100 km within 3 days to Segovia (Camino del Madrid). I don't even have to cater for the...
  14. evanlow

    On the Camino did you ever say?

    No. Not when I have to pay a hefty sum to fly myself all the way there to walk. Just once, on the via de la Plata (Sanabres) after already walked 30+ days and crossing over to Galicia I encountered 3 days of continuous downpour and cold temperature. The third day when the visibility dropped to...
  15. evanlow

    I am back - looking for some advise

    From another person from Singapore, I walked the Norte in 2012. When I walked it in spring, there were more people to Santander after. You get about a handful on average but I can imagine by now much more. No real long stretches that I remember but do recall. A couple of places feels like a...
  16. evanlow

    Rest days...

    No rest days for me unless unable to walk. Plan short distance to major places arriving no later than 12 pm if it is of interest. Too restless if I have them.
  17. evanlow

    The second time around...why am I nervous?

    Don't worry. For me my second Camino was also the Primitivo (no Frances or Salvador) from Oviedo. It was same, yet different, it even rain the day before my walk. The moment you put on your shoes (boots) and start to walk, everything worries will just melt away. I am very sure that within the...
  18. evanlow

    The Camino Frances is calling me back

    I would also like to hear from those who repeat Camino Frances. I took a different track, first with alternate Caminos which brings me back to SDC so many times that I started calling St. James Jimmy instead and felt out of place when I see all the joyous first timers completing their journey...
  19. evanlow

    Is coconut oil available?

    Just imagine you are walking through towns and sometimes cities without the knowledge of the locals. Even if someone knows where you can get it in a city doesn't mean you can get there easily (without a car). I am from a tropical city and coconut milk, candy and drink are easy to get everywhere...
  20. evanlow

    Guitars on the Camino

    Like this lady who I saw playing in Finisterre.

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