Money?
Commercial interests?
The tidal wave of 21st C pilgrims using suitcase transfer and wanting plush reservable lodgings with wifi?
I don't know.
But in this specific case, it sounds like it's just a crumbling ruin that badly needs to be...
Hello everyone,
This is a cry for help. I post this on behalf of my wife, who is walking the camino at the moment. Her backpack was taken away from the reception of the albergue Benedictina's Sisters in León this morning.
She left her backpack...
Some of the longtime forum members have changed their terminology. The problem is that we have new members signing up daily, and it would be a futile whack-a-mole situation if we tried to stamp out the name used commonly in their home countries...
There will always be a bit of a lag time between supply and demand. For most of the year the balance seems pretty good. A few fairly predictable busy periods like the May 1st holidays create rather more heat than light most years but that usually...
Yes, that is certainly a valid concern - however I think it is unlikely to become reality. Whilst the number of groups has supposedly increased significantly over the years, larger groups have walked the Camino for many years now. There are a...
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