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  1. xin loi

    Any don't-miss places on the Primitivo

    Check out the pictograph below while walking and tell us where the footprints are. Also I met a couple walking the Primitivo backwards and they highly recommended visiting a Roman temple just outside of Lugo--I could not find it--maybe you can.
  2. xin loi

    Is there a cruz de ferro place on the primitivo?

    On both of my Camino Frances walks, I was surprised how many people had never heard about the Iron Cross. More than stones left there. The Dog Tags I wore while fighting in Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Laos were left hanging on the Cross.
  3. xin loi

    Albergue de Bodenaya (Primitivo) for sale

    Didn't stay there as they Pre-book and I was warned by others several days before that it is impossible to just show up as a pilgrim and get a bed. Found plenty of other albergues available.
  4. xin loi

    Just got back home from the Primitivo

    The long climb up to Puerto palo/// long? it seemed endless. At the top we had people lying facedown in the grass huffing and puffing for breath while the people who walked the hospital route appeared on our path and did not even appear tired or sweating. Municipal albergue in Pola de allende...
  5. xin loi

    Just got back home from the Primitivo

    Actually I thought I traveled too light in 2014. Was not as difficult as anticipated so I carried much more on the next 4 Caminos. Pamplona--Only stayed there once and the woman at the albergue gave a class on how to use sanitary napkins for foot cushions in your boots. Too much extra weight!
  6. xin loi

    Just got back home from the Primitivo

    No, it is NOT! Try to find a source for 10%! Number made up with zero proof or data. Last time I was in Peru, the rule for MALE porters on the Inca trail was no more than 40 kilos per person...and they never use the waist band on the backpack. Jewish pilgrims on the Camino Frances said they...
  7. xin loi

    Just got back home from the Primitivo

    Best advice I was ever given on travel--take enuff stuff so that you can walk home. Europeans can do that--I have to walk over the Artic Ice Pack! Second best advice given to me---when traveling in a foreign country, expect to be running for your life as you leave.
  8. xin loi

    Just got back home from the Primitivo

    16 kilos is less than the recommended 20% of body weight. Carried a similar pack all the way up to o'Cebrieo without a break and then continued to Tricastela. Why are so many people concerned about weight? You soon get used to carrying a pack. Met a woman from Sweden who carried more than 16...
  9. xin loi

    Just got back home from the Primitivo

    I was 64 at the time and the first half of the Norte took it out of me a little. I had read many times and it was confirmed by friends that the Primitivo presented a greater physical challenge than the coastal Norte. I walked the Norte at 72 carrying 16 kilos and the primitivo at 74 carrying...
  10. xin loi

    Just got back home from the Primitivo

    Think more about the Frances!! Have walked the Frances, Primitivo, Norte, Portugese, and there is NOTHING like doing the Frances from SJPD To Finisterre. You can feel the difference--it is more than just a hike. Carry your pack and stay in the municipal Albergues or monesteries. Incredible...
  11. xin loi

    Just got back home from the Primitivo

    Opposite for me in 2019. Very few people split to take the Primitivo, most continued on the Norte. Perhaps that was because I was on the Norte in August and a lot of hikers wanted beachs instead of mountains.
  12. xin loi

    Just got back home from the Primitivo

    No you won't! Ocean is TOO STRONG--you can hardly kneel there without getting pushed over. That is why you must kneel for 7 waves--takes strength to hold against the strong waves.
  13. xin loi

    Just got back home from the Primitivo

    Also walked the Primitivo in May. At 74 I was a little concerned but it was no problem and at least 30% of walkers I met were over 70 years old. Know how you felt at Melide--Overwhelming crowds so i just walked from Melide to Santiago in one day--very easy after walking the Primitivo hills for...
  14. xin loi

    Please shut up!

    Staying up late in Spain--stayed at one Albergue that locked the doors on our young hikers who were out drinking after 2200. They slept on porch and were allowed into Albergueuntilt 0600. They came in and packed and as we walked with them up the street, their local drinking friends came out of...
  15. xin loi

    Albergues filling up quickly.

    Also saw couples being charged for two beds when they only slept in one. And Bottom vs Top--if you served in the military you always take a top bunk as EVERYONE sits on lower bunks whenever they feel like it. Slept on floors at 3 places in June; one place let people sleep on chapel floor so...
  16. xin loi

    Oviedo to Santiago: too hilly for a 9-year old?

    Lady from OZ walked SJPDP to Santiago with 8 & 9 year old kids in May/June. Carried packs for the entire trip. Nice kids.

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