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  • Luka
    Well, this is something different than the occasional completo town. I find an increase of 21% in the first (almost) 4 months quite staggering.
  • Luka
    Same! I’m sorry but in my opinion this is a pilgrimage, not some holidays… today in Pamplona at the Albergue Jesús y Maria there was a reservation of a group of 40 people!! That’s almost half of the albergue!! It’s really frustrating…
  • Luka
    Numbers arriving in Santiago are unusually large at the moment too. 2,127 Compostelas issued yesterday. 2,614 Compostelas issued today. An early date for Easter this year may have brought the peak pilgrimage season forward a little. At the moment...
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    Luka reacted to lagalag's post in the thread LIVE from the Camino Counting pilgrims on the Norte AGAIN with Love - Red heart Love - Red heart.
    Hello, cycling the Camino del Norte at this very moment. I'm with my son who's 18 years old and started our journey in Hendaye. We are now in Santander and reading your post while charting our best way to Santimlana del Mar and figuring out if...
  • Luka
    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...
  • Luka
    Luka reacted to Aurora811's post in the thread Alert Theft at Roncesvalles with Angry Angry.
    I was robbed at the municipal albergue at night while I was sleeping last year. The pouch was next to me. they only took away my money, they left all my documents and papers.
  • Luka
    Luka reacted to KariannNor's post in the thread Bjørn Krohn with Sad Sad.
    Did you meet Bjørn Krohn? Died aged 48 in an albergue, I don't know where, tuesday 21th. I didn't know this until now.
  • Luka
    Luka reacted to davejsy's post in the thread Alert Theft at Roncesvalles with Thank you Thank you.
    I'm not sure any of the posts suggest anyone would have little concern for losing valuables. It's more a discussion of how far you would go to protect them versus the actual risk and how that might colour your Camino.
  • Luka
    I walked from A Guarda (border Portugal/Spain) to Santiago from Dec 23 till Dec 31, 2023. It was very quiet until the route merged with the Portugués Central in Redondela. From Redondela on I guess there were about 20 to 40 pilgrims on the road...
  • Luka
    Luka replied to the thread Alert Theft at Roncesvalles.
    I agree. There is scientific evidence that trusting people as a guiding principle enhances happiness. And vice versa: constant mistrust reduces happiness.

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