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  1. kiwirich

    Backpack in shower too?

    If you are worried about leaving your bag while you shower you could always strike up a conversation with someone who looks trustworthy and offer to watch each others bags while you shower..
  2. kiwirich

    Portomarin Webcam

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  3. kiwirich

    Lot's of questions from newbie, please help!

    You have had a few answers to most of your questions so I will only comment on your Camera selection. If you are not atleast an advanced amateur don't bother with the DSLR. Its takes time to develop skills and I'm guessing you will resort to the auto settings rather than the manual settings...
  4. kiwirich

    ONE thing I wish I had taken, ONE thing I wish I had NOT...

    Wish i had taken: lightweight walking shoes rather than full leather tramping boots (bought some in logrono) Wish i hadn't taken: tent (i was travelling europe after camino so needed it- ended up posting to santiago from logrono)
  5. kiwirich

    starting el camino next week

    Advice.. where to start haha. From my experience the most important thing is being comfortable with the weight of your pack and not pushing yourself too hard. On my first camino I failed on both these points, packing way to much and walking close on 40km the second day, it pretty much crippled...
  6. kiwirich

    Santiago early May when to arrive to avoid the most crowded

    Hey, I started the camino on May the 2nd and it was very busy at this time, though i heard a few days ahead and a few days behind it wasnt so bad, i just got stuck in a surge of pilgrims. Each year the pilgrim season seems to be starting earlier but it shouldn't be to hectic early april...
  7. kiwirich

    The Camino seems busy ...

    Mate its crazy busy, its true bout the alburgues being full very early, im trying to get the days walk done as early as possible and usually finish round 12 anyway, i like the nice cool mornings but this is definitely not what i imagined my camino experience to be like.. the constant stream of...
  8. kiwirich

    Bus and taxi pilgrims

    hey, i need to get a gripe off my chest too. I am sick of a group of 'pilgrims' who send one of their group ahead on a bus with the packs, that member is then first in line at the alburge who pays for the lot of them and proceeds to then reserve all the bottom bunks for her friends.. im young...
  9. kiwirich

    Mailing something to SdC?

    hey guys, just writing this from the alburgue at Azrofa, what a great place! but besides that i was wanting to know the exact same thing as jerome, i sent a box from st. jean on the 7th and wont be reaching santiago till bout 10-12th im guessing and id hate to lose my tent, groundmat and...
  10. kiwirich

    may babies unite!

    Add me to your list too xm, im leaving for paris tomorrow, i love it, i leave here 5am on the 2nd, travel for 42hours and get to paris 8 am on the 3rd.. Packings done, i must have packed and unpacked about 100 times in the last year trying to save a few grams. Still not happy with the...
  11. kiwirich

    may babies unite!

    Heya guys, just got tickets by train from Paris to Bayonne foe 25euros a ticket, quite a saving i think i what they usually are, so i should be getting there bout 6am so if i can get a quick connecting train and cross my fingers il be at stjpdp early enough to set off on the 7th..
  12. kiwirich

    may babies unite!

    WolverineDG, yes im sure we'l meet up along the way, i dont really know what sort of pace we will be setting over the pyranees but hope to be over them and into spain quick smart haha
  13. kiwirich

    may babies unite!

    Hey trudy, which airline are you on? im leaving through sydney on the 2nd also, British Airways..
  14. kiwirich

    may babies unite!

    Hey Guys, yeah its hard to believe in 4 weeks il be in paris, staying 3 nights there before catching a train down to Biarritz. Leaving St Jean bout May 6.. Trainings a bit difficult, working 7day weeks at work but when i can get time away i head into the hills for usually about 2-3 hours, been...
  15. kiwirich

    First time walker

    Hey guys, im 23 and a student to! i was planning on walking solo but my fiance is coming along now too, i guess me always talking bout it must have rubbed off on her, we start bout 7-8th may so hope to see you along the way!
  16. kiwirich

    pilgrim meltdown

    hey, not to worry, not long to go now! im sure the camino will give you a chance to clear your mind, i leave on may 7th so might see ya along the way lol

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