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If it is Tricastela to Sarria I would say both route choices are beautiful and fairly quiet. If you have time I would take the Samos route and stay there for the night. You can go to the Monastery for a tour which is interesting and later attend...
Marska,
Have you asked your host wherever you are staying for bus info? If no one is available then you might ask at the best resto and/or hotel in town for bus info. The Restaurante Casa Ramón, Pl. Ángeles Balboa, 2, is a centrally located...
Hi Nika,
Welcome!
I can’t help with your transport from Kyiv but I can tell you that there are people on here who just decided to go without making any plans beyond buying tickets for travel to the place they decided to start walking and who...
There’s a theory that the release of THE WAY started the rise in popularity of the CF, especially with Americans. If that theory is correct then the release of THE WAY 2 may have a similar effect on the Norte. In which case you will then be like...
Hi all, I started in SJPP on the 22nd of April and I am in the Corean albergue Orion im Castrojeriz this night. Everything went surprisingly easy until now (touch wood).
Nice people everywhere (pilgrims and locals) and after the first days, I...
Because you're not eating home-cooked food, that's partly why. Go to any market and you will see loads of wonderful veggies.
These photos are from Santiago relatively early in the morning, before all the shops were open:
Never buy your Sim card at an airport when travelling anywhere around the world as you'll always get shafted. We always use Vodafone in Spain and get the prepaid 15 euro Sim that is fair priced with plenty of data for 28 days and is very easy to...
I, too, can experience frustration at the use (abuse?) of the phrase "the Camino provides." On the one hand, it does - in so many ways, most of which have already been mentioned in all of these thoughtful replies. I love that about the Camino...
I think that the Camino does provide:
- The abililty to deal with uncertainty
- The reassurance that there are some people in the world who do believe in the golden rule
- That many times simple is best
- You don't need to eat fine and you can...
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