OZAJ

Active Member From Australia

Joined: Nov 5, 2020

Last seen: Yesterday at 7:50 AM

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  OZAJ replied to the thread Rome to Santiago.
  
  Rome to Santiago took me 106 days in 2012. There was not much info then for much of the route, but maybe there is now. It is more expensive than routes purely in Spain. As far as I know it is not a popular route. I think Santiago to Rome is more...
  
  Monday at 8:12 AM
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  OZAJ replied to the thread Perhaps a Hidden Motivation for Walking the Camino.
  
  The way you tell it and the result you got from it makes EST seem a little like the sort of penitential pilgrimage that can be experienced at Lough Derg in Ireland.
  
  Nov 17, 2024
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  OZAJ replied to the thread Rome to Nice Via Francigena backwards.
  
  I have to rely on memory here. The route I took was close to the coast on what I think used to be the Via Augusta, which is now a modern road. It was, for me, boring. There is an alternative route inland and parallel to the coast, which I think...
  
  Nov 15, 2024
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  OZAJ replied to the thread Worth their weight in gold or 'don't bother' ?.
  
  I used a bladder once. The lid broke. I use half litre bottles distributed in my pack where they remain remarkably cool. Usually 2 litres. Some say that storing the bottles inside the pack is a problem: you have to take the pack off to access...
  
  Nov 7, 2024
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  OZAJ reacted to trecile's post in the thread First time in Camino and will be traveling solo. with Like.
  
  It's easy to find out the costs by going to the providers' websites. But the majority of forum members and pilgrims on the Camino arrange it themselves and save a lot of money in the process. Plus you can customize the Camino for your ability...
  
  Nov 5, 2024
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  OZAJ replied to the thread Isn't twice enough?.
  
  It can be hard to admit to addiction.
  
  Nov 2, 2024
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  OZAJ replied to the thread Rome to Nice Via Francigena backwards.
  
  I walked Rome to Santiago in 2012. I cannot find my "as walked" itinerary, nor my journal. The draft indicates 106 days. Because of the diversity, probably one of the best I have walked. There was a 9 day stretch near Genoa which was not great...
  
  Oct 5, 2024
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  OZAJ replied to the thread Food on La Meseta beyond abysmal.
  
  So do I. Neither have I. So am I. I do, however avoid the pilgrim menu. I have gone from morbidly obese to chubby. Ditto, but heavier. Agreed.
  
  Oct 3, 2024
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  OZAJ replied to the thread Bed bugs in Navarrete.
  
  I have been bitten on several Caminos and have always found that the hospitaleros were keen to deal with the problem, except once in an hotel in France where they appeared not to know about the "petites betes".
  
  Oct 1, 2024
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  OZAJ replied to the thread Bed bugs in Navarrete.
  
  I have experienced this in Ponferrada some years ago. I arrived with three others early enough to get a bed in one of the small dorms. One of my friends had bites. A few minutes after settling into the dorm, I spotted a healthy-looking bug...
  
  Oct 1, 2024
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