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    Which water?

    My main concern for VDIP is a lack of water source, 3 liter water bag is preferred for men, women at least 2L.
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    Ourense to SDC

    Love Ourense, one of my favorites on the caminos, make sure soaking the thermal springs before your camino, in the natural setting, so many of them, I tried nearly all of them in a day, bus to the furthest and then walked back, rest, soak, eat, walk, finally added a body massage, very few rest...
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    VdlP water

    Fill the 2 litter before heading out in the morning will be sufficient and drink plenty when you get a chance during the day. Do not rely on fountains in the South. No stream or creeks for refill either. My water bladder is 1.5. I used a shade so sweat less.
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    Five Questions about the Via de la Plata

    https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/live-report-from-vdlp-starting-from-seville-on-6-20-18.56312/ Here is the link. I have used taxi twice, bus once to cut the distances. Details are in the blog. Best wishes Youren
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    Have you walked both the Plata and the Frances

    It is interesting reading your posts about differences between CF and VDIP, it is great that they are distibquishly different, so people are clearly divided, most go CF and less come VDIP, which is perfect. We do not need another CF like route. I walked both in the summer month, June to July, 5...
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    Questions about Via de la Plata...

    I like the questions you asked, very clear and hit the point. You already got many good info from above.I am familiar with wilderness hike in CA, even though I do not do over night backpacking myself and I just finished the VDIP. What I can add is: 1. your skills are +++ plus. Seriously with a...
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    LIVE from the Camino Live Report from VdlP Starting from Seville on 6/20/18

    I have TMobile, it is already included in the Simple Choice monthly plan, data and text are free, call will be charged per minute, unless you call through wifi. As you know I had used it for posting, checking emails, texting, map search and etc., except not enough speed for uploading or...
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    LIVE from the Camino Live Report from VdlP Starting from Seville on 6/20/18

    Thanks for asking! I would love to do that in September and to catch up, I am still out traveling, won't be home till the end of August to go back to work. Enjoy your beautiful weather at home, every where else has some heat waves.
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    LIVE from the Camino Live Report from VdlP Starting from Seville on 6/20/18

    Hi, Dominick, I have seen English speakers only used Kelly's, if they carried a hard copy. I have carried his PDF pages, thanks Kelly for making this available. Most of the time, however, I just follow the arrows and checked GPS on my Gaia GPS app (paid version, which was bought about 3 years...
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    LIVE from the Camino Live Report from VdlP Starting from Seville on 6/20/18

    Update at Santiago airport about folded trekking poles. My trusted Black Diamond Z poles were stopped at the security and had to be checked in, even though I had went through many international airports without any problem before. I had always taking them as carry-on.
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    LIVE from the Camino Live Report from VdlP Starting from Seville on 6/20/18

    Closing post for this live report. After two nights at Lugo, two nights at A Coruna, and two nights at Santiaho, I will fly out of Santiago tomorrow. I really like Lugo and A Coruna, they were nice surprises for me. I almost did not know anything about them before this trip; howevet, I was...
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    LIVE from the Camino Live Report from VdlP Starting from Seville on 6/20/18

    Day 42, Santiago, 21km, 17 to 24c Everything that has a beginning will have an end, but Camino seems to be an exception, because your camino started when you bought your ticket, or your camino starts when you leave Santiago. No matter how you look at it or what you say. It is total...
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    LIVE from the Camino Live Report from VdlP Starting from Seville on 6/20/18

    Day 41, 25km, 6.5 hours Thank you all for your well wishes and support! MilehighPair, you are right, I am staying at Point Ulla, O'Crucero de Ulla, near Dia market. This morning I left my villa right before 7am, as I am leaving the village, the rosters there just started calling, even them...
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    LIVE from the Camino Live Report from VdlP Starting from Seville on 6/20/18

    Day 40, Trasfontao, 26km, 6.5 hours. The cafe of the swimming pool did not open, only Bar Canton opened for the day. Cafe Fraga closed at 2pm because it was Sunday. I bought a few things in the back before its closing. I do not know how many people ended up in the Albergue last night. This...
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    LIVE from the Camino Live Report from VdlP Starting from Seville on 6/20/18

    Day 39, Castro Dozon, 15km, 4 hours 30 min At 7am, the owner at the Sol y Lune coffee unlocked the door, I had the famous Cea pan for breakfast and a cup of coffee. She told me it would open around 6:30am last night, glad that I did not go there early. The pan was good, I had it from my menu...
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    LIVE from the Camino Live Report from VdlP Starting from Seville on 6/20/18

    Day 38, Cea, 23.3km, 7 hours From Grelo Hostal getting on the Camino was easy. After Roman bridge, there were two options, right and left, right has confusing signs and 2 extra km, so I went left. It was clearly marked. It took me no more than an hour to finish the climb out of the valley...
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    LIVE from the Camino Live Report from VdlP Starting from Seville on 6/20/18

    I bought a swim bottom just in case, after reading some reports online about restrictions in swim wear, but no need to use, and returned it. I had only running shorts and sports bra happened to have matching color lines.
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    Five Years of VdlP Pilgrim Numbers

    I would recommend carry sufficient water, at least till Salamanca, not relying on the refill from village or fountains. 1. Many small villages, at any time of the day, appeared to be deserted. I am not sure whether those doors were locked for the day, or for a while. 2. There were longer...
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    LIVE from the Camino Live Report from VdlP Starting from Seville on 6/20/18

    Day 37, Spring Hopping. There are 6 hot springs outside of city center, really needs a day to try them all. The little toy like Termal train started at 10am at Plaza Mayor, ended at 8am, every hour, the last train returns is9pm. I took the one at 11am, went all the way to the last stop at the...
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    LIVE from the Camino Live Report from VdlP Starting from Seville on 6/20/18

    Day 36, Orense, 21.5km, 6.5 hours Right now it is 8:38am, I am at Grelo Albergue/Hostel. Just read MileHigh's post today about a young Angonian pilgrim drowned at the River near the bridge in Orense mid day yesterday. And I reached Orense after 1:30pm yesterday. I believe some of my group...

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