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Pamplona to St Jean on a Sunday

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Mark Beer

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Hello pilgrims, I’m about to start my Camino Frances either tomorrow or Tuesday. But first I have to get from Pamplona to St Jean pied de port, and I believe no buses are running on Sunday’s would this be correct?
 
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All is well. There are buses from Pamplona to SJPdP on Sunday at 14:30 or 17:30.
The info below comes courtesy of CaminoTeca which is that camino shop in Pamplona and I have no connection with them whatsoever beyond being grateful for the info they have on their website but feel obliged to give credit were credit is due.
https://www.caminoteca.com/en/content/39-how-to-get-to-saint-jean-pied-de-port-from-pamplona

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Have a very buen camino.
 
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IF you arrive late and there are no buses then just check around, if you are lucky you will find one or more peregrinos [easy to identify with their backpacks] waiting for transportation, just get together and share a taxi to SJPP. Good luck, y que la luz de Dios alumbre su camino.
 
My group of four hired a taxi from Pamplona to SJPdP. The young driver drove his small car like a crazy person on that narrow winding mountainous road. I was hanging on for dear life and even screamed a few times, but he ignored my angst completely. I thought it very rude to go so fast and truly feared for our lives in a rollover or head-on crash. It was a terrible first memory to the wonderful Camino that followed.

If I choose to walk the Frances again I will only take a bus or a van size taxi from Pamplona to the SJPdP with a more mature driver.
 
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IF you are lucky you will find the safety conscious driver giving Team Sailor [my wife and me] and another caminante a taxi ride to SJPP during a wet/foggy evening. IF you are unlucky you will find the same young driver giving Camino Chris and her group the taxi ride to SJPP! Good luck, y que la luz de Dios alumbre su camino.
 
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Yikes that must have been scary but have to tell you the bus is also a challenge. Fantastic driver. Felt in totally safe hands the entire way but oh those never ending switch back bends. And I don’t usually get car sick.
 
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Yikes that must have been scary but have to tell you the bus is also a challenge. Fantastic driver. Felt in totally safe hands the entire way but oh those never ending switch back bends. And I don’t usually get car sick.
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Oh yes...I forgot to mention the nausea!
 
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