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I do expect to meet other people. When I do meet others on the way I usually greet them politely in passing and move on. When I stop for a drink or a meal or at night in the albergues I am usually happy to enter into conversation. But for me time...
I wear a single ear bud. It allows me to switch my attention from the podcast I'm likely listening to, to the sounds of the Camino. If a conversation is offered, the ear bud comes out.
Not for everyone, but it works for me.
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People who wear big or noticeable headphones might not be listening to anything at all. On an airplane or on a walk, it often signals the same thing: "not interested in conversation right now".
Not wearing headphones so that bicyclers can be...
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