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I see a sensitive subject "Why are you walking" that is so personal I doubt you will get many honest answers. It may make some avoid you.Thanks everyone, great stuff all around. The more I think about it, the more obvious it becomes that there's enough material here for several trips, not just one. Plainly I'll have to focus on a specific subject, which could be a challenge with so many things going on. I'd like to get narrowed down answers for the sake of research, but on the other hand I'd go for my own self as well, to meet new people and hear their stories. I wouldn't want to appear only as an annoying guy, getting in everyone's way, if you know what I mean.
So just briefly, some of the focus points could be:
And surely a whole lot more. Thank you all once again, but please don't stop with the ideas.
- my own story as a kind of an extented travel diary
- general stories of other pilgrims
- motives for walking, goals etc.
- legends & history of the camino
- accomodation & other service providers along the way
- a cross between religion and tourism, but I'm not a particularly religious person
- culinary aspects, but I'm pretty limited in that aspect as well
I'll have to check with my college mentors to get some feedback on all this. I'll be setting up a "beverage fund" pretty soon as well.
That was one thing I noticed on my Caminos. I was asked frequently why I was walking it, but I never asked the question myself to anyone.I see a sensitive subject "Why are you walking" that is so personal I doubt you will get many honest answers. It may make some avoid you.
In any case
Buen Camino
I think my " I can't shake my invisible friend" worked very wellYeah, the "why are you walking?" question was asked so often that I felt like I should develop an elevator speech to answer it
I will admit to making stuff up sometimes when I answered it.Yeah, the "why are you walking?" question was asked so often that I felt like I should develop an elevator speech to answer it
Every walk is unique as to how many people you walk with temporarily or the whole way. For the first 2 weeks my experience was getting close to 3 people & then it was time for them to go home. 2 of the original group I began with walked or arrived in Santiago, many bussed ahead. Or simply did not have enough time. Some do find a group going the distance some do not.I guess it's a good icebreaker. Nobody does the walk on a whim, everyone comes for a reason. Granted, not everyone is ready to talk about their motives, but people generally like to hear other's stories, especially if one comes from half way around the world.
I'm curious - when walking, do you usually stay with roughly the same group of people throughout the trip, or do they change every day? And what are the group sizes on average? Of course, you probably could try to isolate yourself if you wanted to, but' that's not what I'm after.
I guess it's a good icebreaker. Nobody does the walk on a whim, everyone comes for a reason. Granted, not everyone is ready to talk about their motives, but people generally like to hear other's stories, especially if one comes from half way around the world.
I'm curious - when walking, do you usually stay with roughly the same group of people throughout the trip, or do they change every day? And what are the group sizes on average? Of course, you probably could try to isolate yourself if you wanted to, but' that's not what I'm after.
I assume you're talking about Camino Frances (maybe del Norte, Portugues and dela Plata) here? Because there are routes where you don't meet any other walker for hundreds of kilometersI guess it's a good icebreaker. Nobody does the walk on a whim, everyone comes for a reason. Granted, not everyone is ready to talk about their motives, but people generally like to hear other's stories, especially if one comes from half way around the world.
I'm curious - when walking, do you usually stay with roughly the same group of people throughout the trip, or do they change every day? And what are the group sizes on average? Of course, you probably could try to isolate yourself if you wanted to, but' that's not what I'm after.
...You could ask them about the challenges of dealing with different languages and cultures on a daily basis...
Again thanks for the offered support, I'll surely be contacting some of you sooner or later.
Talking to accomodation owners is on the must-do list, if they don't have fun stories to tell, then no one does. And to learn about the changes that have taken place in the dacades or even centuries, well... Sure, there's nothing new about walking, but everything that comes along with it is.
As far as collection methods, for now I'm mainly thinking about just pen and paper, I don't want to rely on technology too much. Cover everything in plastic so it doesn't get wet in case of rain, it's light, doesn't take up much space and it's fool proof. A voice recorder of some sort would be more practical for storing data, but you'd have to worry about charging, empty space, things getting broken or lost... A small photo camera will be more than enough I think. Everything else somehow ruins the feeling of it for me.
We'll see how things shape up in the end. I must admit that I haven't done much in-depth research on the Camino and the following topics, but I have ordered a pair of books which should be home any day now (one is the Brierley guide and the other Call of the Camino by Mullen Robert). I'll delve into them when they arrive and hopefully get a better picture of how to go about things. I could just scour the internet from top to bottom, but a big part of travelling is the unexpected moments and discovering the unknown, and a lot of that gets lost these days when you have so much information available at your fingertips.
Hmm maybe we are all criminals from a past life?In medieval times, criminals would be sentenced to walk to Santiago. Good answer for the question.
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