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🏕️ Camping

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Tips for wild/stealth camping along the camino?

Albergue Life

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The electric coil changed my life on the Camino!

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Tradition…. When to start wearing your scallop shell?

Food and drink

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Weird foods ordered (or almost ordered) using translation apps?

Money, Banking and Budget

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ATM in Spain and Portugal

Water & Hydration

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Water filter system needed?

Long Caminos - from home to Santiago

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LIVE from the Camino Camino home to home, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Credentials, Stamps & the Compostela

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Clarification on Compostela for mixed and non-standard routes

Accessible Camino

Accessible Camino
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6-7 days walking for someone with arthritis

Pilgrims walking now - Live from the Camino!

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