During my first caminos my husband and I communicated when necessary by land-line telephone; since 2008 I carried a smartphone which also served as camera+computer on which I wrote my daily blogs then using Blogspot
Since we both were then in...
Hola @CaminoKevin.
Yes. I've walked as a pilgrim without a Smartphone: across Europe and Spain, in the Holy Land and some other places. Thousands of kilometers at a time on established, mostly signed trails. I used paper maps, guide books and...
It is amusing that all of the replies to the OP are from long time veteran pilgrims.
I would tend to think that the advice and recommendations of these folks would be accepted without much push back.
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