Virtual camino

[Rob Sleurs]

hello,
I m a belgian man , 44 ages old. I like meditation like zen and mindfulness. I like reading spiritual books, gospels of the evening prayer. I like walking and yoga. I ve one big issue that is i m not healthy i 've a double handicap, dissability. I like flightsimulator so i got the idea to do a virtual camino. I have already the flightplans. So does any one has sugestions for me how to do a virtual camino at home?
Thank you very much.
Rob

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Google Street View will let you see about 60%, the part that is on roads and through cities. It does not have a built in Camino line, so you will need to use some other resource to match up Google maps with the Camino route.

 

[Rick of Rick and Peg]

I haven't used Google Earth much but I think it will fly through a GPS file in KMZ format (and likely KML format also because a KMZ is really a compressed KML file.) So now the problem would be getting the KMZ. Well, on this site there is a KMZ file of all the Spanish caminos. I hope that Google Earth can separate all the tracks in the file.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...f-all-spanish-caminos-in-one-file.341/updates

 

[Rob Sleurs]

Thank you all for your responds, but how do people it the practical way like timeshedule, lectures,....

 

[SabsP]

Thank you all for your responds, but how do people it the practical way like timeshedule, lectures,....

Hi Rob , fellow Belgian!

What do you mean with timeschedules? Do you mean which daily distances, which Caminos or where to stop etc? Then this forum has a search function in the right uppercorner.
This forum has a wealth of information so take your time to explore it.

If by lectures you mean real life testimonies from pilgrims?
Then our Flemish Confraternity has an " open house " every Saturday in Mechelen where experienced pilgrims share their stories with newbies. They also have an interesting library on all Camino related themes.

http://www.compostelagenootschap.be/article.aspx?id=172

 

[Deleted member 67185]

hello,
I m a belgian man , 44 ages old. I like meditation like zen and mindfulness. I like reading spiritual books, gospels of the evening prayer. I like walking and yoga. I ve one big issue that is i m not healthy i 've a double handicap, dissability. I like flightsimulator so i got the idea to do a virtual camino. I have already the flightplans. So does any one has sugestions for me how to do a virtual camino at home?
Thank you very much.
Rob

John Sikora has a time lapse video of each stage of the Camino de Santiago via the Valcarlos route (stage 1). You can follow the walk for each stage.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRFjODAj_lrjNDNfYJg2rNF5WsCko4c9J

Another series of videos by SummitXtreme also covers each stage, but does so in a different presentation format.

A 'virtual camino' to me means following along in some manner while actively engaged, like walking on a treadmill while watching the videos. I don't know what capacity you have since you mentioned a double handicap/disability, but I hope these videos will help you out. Keep in mind that YouTube has hundreds of different Camino videos, so you can get a good look at the Caminos by viewing around.

 

[Turga]

Hi Rob

I am not sure exactly what you are looking for, but here is a link to a site where apparently you can do "virtual walks" including the Camino Frances, and many other. You have to enroll, though. I haven't used it myself, but I know there is at least one member of this forum who has experience in using it.

Hope it works for you.

https://www.walking4fun.com/trails/

 

[Rob Sleurs]

Thanks for the answers . I am out how i go do it. I bought a book with spritual texts from the flemisch compostela group. May be i can create a movie from each stage ( flight with an ultra light airplane) and sets pictures in between from special places and a translated tought of the day. Maybe i can post the results on this website if possible.

 

[Rob Sleurs]

So i enden today my virtual camino . It was a wonderfull experience. It gave me lots of peace and rest in my heart. Later on i will place little movies from it on the web and this site.
Good luck and thanks to all for the good support from the beginning with my first question

 

[Turga]

Good to hear that you had a nice experience. Looking forward to see your movies. Wishing you good luck.

 

[Rob Sleurs]

Here is an introduction movie :

i tried to set this in the media part with add new media, but it didn't work, so i set it here, anyone sugestions to let ik work in the media part?

thx al lot,

Rob