I've walked both routes and much prefered the route past Campo. Slogging along urban pavements is hard-going! However if it's significantly shorter I'd certainly take the pavement route.
Tomorrow I head to Albergue Alea in Ponferrada. It's not in the main town, but rather to the east a bit. I see that after Molinaseca there is an option to continue along 142 or to head further south past Campo. From what I'm reading the southern...
My error - I meant Movistar (will edit post). I did research recently with the idea of having a Spanish number for my first aid mission - this was the best website I could find and they recommend Movistar...
My husband and I arrived in Santiago de Compostela yesterday after walking from SJPP. From Sarria on, the numbers definitely exploded. Despite that big increase, we saw absolutely no bad behaviour. The mood was calm and kind and though we didn’t...
Every crowd have its jack asses,
Out of about half a million pilgrims now ,what % of them behave idiotic.
1/10 of one %, maybe,..
but they make the head lines for bad publicity.
All those locals who whine about all pilgrims, should also be...
I ended up with Orange sim 20 euros for 28 days and well over 100 gb.
Since TMobile bought Mint, they started offering an international plan that I hoped would work similar to their TMobile customers. Not so....
IIRC Mint Mobile does not own its own transmission towers, etc, but leases bulk capacity from the providers that build and maintain these towers and switching capabilities. Because of this subordinate relationship, they do not have foreign...
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