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We flew Qatar from Melbourne last year.
We both took our packs as carry-on. Mine was a 36lt, my friends was much bigger than that, but it fit in the overhead. He wasn't even questioned about his pack, even on the much smaller plane for our final leg. The only issue we both had was our...
You will be ok! Once you're on the ground there it will be much easier than you think.
The Portuguese are lovely, generally helpful, and so many speak English ( but if you have a few words of Portuguese, they appreciate it).
Both my Camino's have been through Portugal, the first from Porto...
I only seem to get jet lag when flying East, so it's not an issue for me to walk straight away. Coming home is awful, takes over a week to fully recover.
I always try to sleep most of my flight, & drink lots of water (although that didn't work going to Canada last year, which sort of reinforced...
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