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  1. robproct

    Ikea Poncho

    Decathlon have great ponchos. Best get the one with the full length zipper.
  2. robproct

    Trekking Poles

    I wonder if it makes any difference if the poles are inside the carry on pack. Would it be less likely to have to put them in the hold then?
  3. robproct

    Socks

    Before walking the CP from Lisbon I was strongly advised at outdoor sports stores in Melbourne to wear Merino woollen socks and bought a couple of different pairs to try them out. Part of my training happened to be on the Larapinta trail through the desert in Central Australia near Alice Springs...
  4. robproct

    SIM card

    I had been advised to buy a SIM at the Vodaphone booth for my iPhone X when I landed at Lisbon. Eu 25. It stopped working after five days although I had hardly used it. When I got to Santarem was told that I had used all the data??? How? I bought another card for Eu 20, with a Portuguese...
  5. robproct

    SIM card

    The best I could find was Orange prepaid €20 for 1month with 10gig data and phone calls in Europe for 80 min.
  6. robproct

    SIM card

    It was NEO. I can’t find such a good deal in Spain and ended up with an Orange SIM which I bought tonight in Pontevedra.
  7. robproct

    SIM card

  8. robproct

    SIM card

    My best deal was on the Portuguese. I bought a sim at Lisbon airport with three gig of data which included 30 min of international calls or sms. It was for 30 days but I had run out of data or calls in three days. So it was a bad deal, at least for me. Then I bought just a data card with...
  9. robproct

    Location Indicator (?) for Smartphones

    “Find Friends “ on Iphone is easy and free. MapsMe is also great and free and a number of extra useful features.
  10. robproct

    Blister product advice

    I found that that the Dr Scholls silicone tubes are great. Take them off every night. I had lost a couple of toenails before this too. Now I only wear Merino socks which are better than everything else. Chemists in Portugal sell the Dr Scholl range.

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