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  1. Bajaracer

    Don't buy a backpack!

    The Correos will transport your stuff, for €52 they will cover your luggage transfer fron Leon to SDC. https://www.elcaminoconcorreos.com/en/rucksack-transfer
  2. Bajaracer

    Shower shoes?

    Nothing wrong with wearing flip flops that I wear in the shower out in town, what makes them disgusting? Albergue shower floors aren't exactly the most sanitary surfaces, especially when they don't drain quickly.
  3. Bajaracer

    Shower shoes?

    Athletes foot is not something you want to attract to your feet while on the Camino, plus, what are you going to wear once you get to the Albergue? You're required to remove your shoes at the entrance and leave them at the entrance, you don't want to walk on that dirty albergue floor and trash...
  4. Bajaracer

    Don't buy a backpack!

    You call them or have the albergue call them for you the night before, the albergue usually have envelopes from the transfer service, just fill out the info for the place you want to go the next day and insert the cash in the envelope, attach it to you bag, and leave it at the front entrance of...
  5. Bajaracer

    Don't buy a backpack!

    Actually for those doing the last 100km, I recommend small pack, just enough to carry, snacks, extra socks, water, and a jacket, the rest of your things can go in a suitcase and you can have that transported for €3 a day, hard to justify spending all that cash for a big backpack that you'll be...
  6. Bajaracer

    SIM card purchase

    Get a prepaid SIM when you're in Barcelona, just find a open phone store and make sure it works before you leave the phone store. Phone House sells almost all brands of prepaid SIM cards and have many locations throughout Barcelona. https://www.phonehouse.es/tiendas/barcelona.html
  7. Bajaracer

    SIM card purchase

    There are companies that sell Spanish prepaid SIM cards that will mail them to you, but they have a markup, so you're not getting a deal at all, and if you have any issues, you're out of luck, better of waiting till you get to Spain and buying one there, and make sure it works before you leave...
  8. Bajaracer

    SIM card purchase

    I don't leave the store until I get the SMS/text that I got the credit I paid for!
  9. Bajaracer

    SIM card purchase

    French prepaid SIM cards are more expensive than Spain, plus the activation process is daunting, better off waiting till you get to Spain. The disadvantage of having a French SIM card is trying to add phone credit which can only be done online, and that can be an issue if you don't have a French...
  10. Bajaracer

    SIM card purchase

    Nano SIM card availability is not an issue any more, it was 5 years ago but not now, nano SIM cards are standard on most modern devices. The nano SIM from 2014 is more than likely deactivated, they do that if there is no activity on the SIM cards after 6-9 months. Crystal Media electronic stores...
  11. Bajaracer

    SIM card for France and Spain

    Get a French prepaid SIM card and use it till it runs out of data and credits, once you cross into Spain, you'll no longer be able into a store and top off credit to a French SIM card unless you set up an online account to do so, if you can set up an account, you'll be able to keep your French...
  12. Bajaracer

    Sim card

    Switching SIM cards is like switching license plates on a car, you get new plates but everything else in the car stays the same.
  13. Bajaracer

    Cellphone plan preference?

    I notice that everyone is touting how their US carrier has international roaming, the OP is from New Zealand and their carriers don't seem to have any good international roaming options.
  14. Bajaracer

    Cellphone plan preference?

    Provided your device is unlocked, wait till you get to Spain and stop by a Vodafone store and pick up their "Tourist SIM" for €15, includes 6GB of data and 50 min of calls to NZ and renews every 4 weeks, just make sure you top off the account with at least €15 plus another €5-10 for SMS...
  15. Bajaracer

    light sleeping bag

    Since you're in Canada, this might meet your needs and very inexpensive. http://www.fcsurplus.ca/shopping/products/467526-yanes-ultralight-backpacking-sleeping-bags/ http://www.fcsurplus.ca/shopping/products/465074-north-49-micra-lite-rectangular-sleeping-bags/
  16. Bajaracer

    About to buy my shoes.

    Go shopping for footwear the late afternoon/early evening after you've been on your feet all day, your feet will have swelled up a little.
  17. Bajaracer

    Durability of shoes

    Start with a new pair, Hoka's are a performance shoe like running shoes, usually after 200-300 miles the cushioning is compressed and not effective and the sole will be worn down as well.
  18. Bajaracer

    Phone Plans

    You can pick up most any cell phone around the world and call back to the USA, I enter all my US numbers as +1(area code)number, for Spanish numbers, +34(number)
  19. Bajaracer

    Phone Plans

    I would advise against having a prepaid Spanish SIM shipped to AUS, they mark it up and also charge a fortune to mail it over. Say you have one shipped over, you install it, it doesn't work, what is your recourse? Wait till you get to Spain and visit the phone store, that way you can make sure...
  20. Bajaracer

    SIM Card question

    The most current deals on Vodafone ES are the Tourist SIM for €15 and the Megayuser for €20. Tourist SIM includes 4GB of data and 50min in calls to the US for €15. https://www.vodafone.es/c/particulares/es/tienda/movil/tourist-in-spain-vf/ Megayuser SIM includes 7GB of data and 60min in calls...

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