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    Walking backwards on the Camino?

    i haven't done it but each time i walked i met somebody doing it so it can be done seems kind of lonely though
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    getting ready

    looks like i'll be leaving on august 19 none of it feels real astro.com/astroclick travel today: burgos, "this is a place where you get plenty of opportunity to deal with your emotions...." leon, "this place is perfect for a relaxing vacation...." santiago, "if you feel life is...
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    About the albuergues, hostels, etc

    paul's right all you need to do is step onto the camino the rest will be taken care of
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    About the albuergues, hostels, etc

    no, sorry wasn't me
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    About the albuergues, hostels, etc

    what's "bad"? yes there are cheap hotels in towns, though not necessarily in villages but the albergues are an intrinsic part of the camino experience. they're where you meet and bond with other pilgrims, among other things. if you cut yourself off from that, why bother to go? if you're a...
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    One week left...

    liv marit albergues don't normally close at all in the sense that you can come back as late as you want tho your fellow pilgrims won't appreciate it if you come in after everyone's asleep what they do is fill up since you're leaving relative early in the season you probably won't have to...
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    MAY 2007 Need Info!!!

    hi santos check out the pilgrimage to santiago and traveling to/from the camino you can also use "search site" yes, you should travel alone you'll meet lots of people along the way if an albergue is by donation only you leave as much or as little as you want a recent poster says...
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    LIVE from the Camino Brad's Camino

    all right! so good to hear from you! i'm with you in my imagination right now
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    Food on the Road

    good question that's the same time i'm planning to go everybody just says the weather is "variable" at that time of year myself, i'm thinking the fleece will probably be enough but i'll definitely check out the "pounder"
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    Food on the Road

    hi if you're going between may and september the fleece sleeping bag will definitely be warm enough, sometimes even too warm and you'll have to sleep with it open by the way, what's a pounder sleeping bag? get all leather, rather than leather and mesh new balances (speaking from personal...
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    fleas and other vermin

    last weekend i went to hospitalero training with jan and mariluz (the hospitaleros at eunate) they said that there was a flea epidemic in the albergues in 2005 the spanish government was very anxious to contain the epidemic so they went around and sprayed all the albergues they also...
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    Sleeping bags needed in Galacia last wk in May?

    dear hiker i recommend taking a length of polar fleece from a fabric store or a polarfleece sleeping bag--light, cheap, easy to pack i just returned from hospitalero training where they told us that many if not most albergues now have mattresses covered with something resembling...
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    Sleeping bags needed in Galacia last wk in May?

    ps it's galicia
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    Sleeping bags needed in Galacia last wk in May?

    dear hiker i recommend taking a length of polar fleece from a fabric store or a polarfleece sleeping bag--light, cheap, easy to pack i just returned from hospitalero training where they told us that many if not most albergues now have mattresses covered with something resembling...
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    Thanks for all the help

    a spanish woman told my there's a saying everyone makes three caminos-- the one you make in your head before you leave the one you make on the camino and the one you make after you get home has anyone else ever heard this?
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    Some pretty silly questions.

    actually shirley walked in 99, the same year i did and a few weeks ahead of me i saw one torn shower curtain i walked across the street and bought another one as a gift for the refugio i bought the cheapest one in the store it was torn by the time i finished my shower what was...

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