What I Wish I'd Known Before Hiking The Camino
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Date: 2020-08-18
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Roland
Yes, you are very right! I did finish my Camino frances in 27 days. That was not too fast, but in the future I will take more time. But in 2019 I had only 31 days to finish (all vacation-days, so I had 2 wonderful days in Porto, from where I flew home. You have to have it on your mind, not everyone has unlimited time to walk the Camino.
I did wear boots (recommended by the experts at my local hiking-shop) because I torned all ligaments of my right foot a year before I walked. And I have seen many bloody feet from people who did wear light shoes like trailrunners. Maybe they had the wrong size or wrong socks. But it seems to be symptomatic.
After showering I did ask the Hospitalero/a where I can find something typical and cheap to eat. Only on a single evening I ended up getting nothing to eat.
I will repeat this journey on the frances for sure. I will be on the Camino Portugues for the easter-vacation next year with my son.
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Yes, you are very right! I did finish my Camino frances in 27 days. That was not too fast, but in the future I will take more time. But in 2019 I had only 31 days to finish (all vacation-days, so I had 2 wonderful days in Porto, from where I flew home. You have to have it on your mind, not everyone has unlimited time to walk the Camino.
I did wear boots (recommended by the experts at my local hiking-shop) because I torned all ligaments of my right foot a year before I walked. And I have seen many bloody feet from people who did wear light shoes like trailrunners. Maybe they had the wrong size or wrong socks. But it seems to be symptomatic.
After showering I did ask the Hospitalero/a where I can find something typical and cheap to eat. Only on a single evening I ended up getting nothing to eat.
I will repeat this journey on the frances for sure. I will be on the Camino Portugues for the easter-vacation next year with my son.
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J. S. A.
I do NOT UNDERSTAND why people rush their hikes! (Obviously, I understand that some people are on a schedule) But I feel like many people just aren't fully enjoying their hikes because they get too caught up in counting miles, etc. My first thru-hike was on the PCT and I was blown away by the culture around zero days. What an absurd concept, in my opinion. It ultimately inspired me to develop the categories of sport hikers and pleasure hikers just to make sense out of it for myself. I'd get the pariah treatment for chilling for days at beautiful campsites or in cool towns and numerous hikers told me I was on the wrong trail and should be on the Appalachian Trail due to my laid back attitude. lol What! Isn't this the west coast? What's going on here? Bizarro! So, yes, I agree with you that people should make a point of not rushing through their hikes. Soak it in, ya'll.
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I do NOT UNDERSTAND why people rush their hikes! (Obviously, I understand that some people are on a schedule) But I feel like many people just aren't fully enjoying their hikes because they get too caught up in counting miles, etc. My first thru-hike was on the PCT and I was blown away by the culture around zero days. What an absurd concept, in my opinion. It ultimately inspired me to develop the categories of sport hikers and pleasure hikers just to make sense out of it for myself. I'd get the pariah treatment for chilling for days at beautiful campsites or in cool towns and numerous hikers told me I was on the wrong trail and should be on the Appalachian Trail due to my laid back attitude. lol What! Isn't this the west coast? What's going on here? Bizarro! So, yes, I agree with you that people should make a point of not rushing through their hikes. Soak it in, ya'll.
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George
Great information. my first attempt was from Pamplona to Puente La Riana where I got hurt so had to return to the USA my second attempt was from St Jean to Navarret where my wife got hurt and had to return to the USA. And now I have to wait because of the covet 19. Hope this is over by Oct 2020 if it is I will attempt a winter camino and see how it goes. I am sixty five years old and God I hope I get to walk it before I die. I so enjoy your videos all of them you are so inspirational God bless you and keep filming and young lady, as they say in Spain Buen Camino.
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Great information. my first attempt was from Pamplona to Puente La Riana where I got hurt so had to return to the USA my second attempt was from St Jean to Navarret where my wife got hurt and had to return to the USA. And now I have to wait because of the covet 19. Hope this is over by Oct 2020 if it is I will attempt a winter camino and see how it goes. I am sixty five years old and God I hope I get to walk it before I die. I so enjoy your videos all of them you are so inspirational God bless you and keep filming and young lady, as they say in Spain Buen Camino.
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JessieBanana
Yeah, Spain has a lot of foreigners living, working, and going to school there so it makes sense that they absolutely would not assume you didn't live there. No one assumed that I was a tourist when I was there, especially cause I was traveling alone which is more common for a student or business person.
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Yeah, Spain has a lot of foreigners living, working, and going to school there so it makes sense that they absolutely would not assume you didn't live there. No one assumed that I was a tourist when I was there, especially cause I was traveling alone which is more common for a student or business person.
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MsChipmonkey
It's interesting what you say about footwear. My friend wore runners and she said she wished she'd bought hiking boots because her feet got soaked in the runners. We live in Ireland and I think we think of Spain as being dry so maybe she didn't make sure to get waterproof ones.
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It's interesting what you say about footwear. My friend wore runners and she said she wished she'd bought hiking boots because her feet got soaked in the runners. We live in Ireland and I think we think of Spain as being dry so maybe she didn't make sure to get waterproof ones.
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david
Google translate on you phone is wonderful for quick and dirty translation. It can also record what someone said and translate it. Or speak what you type
I lived in southern Spain for 18 months, and would visit a local restaurant every few week and almost never had the same dish.
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Google translate on you phone is wonderful for quick and dirty translation. It can also record what someone said and translate it. Or speak what you type
I lived in southern Spain for 18 months, and would visit a local restaurant every few week and almost never had the same dish.
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Herb
I treated a very sheer curtain with permethrin. On my night in Roncevalles I was bitten several times. When returning to my bunk I shined my flashlight on the bed an there were several bed bugs going up and down on my treated curtain Is had used to cover the bed.
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I treated a very sheer curtain with permethrin. On my night in Roncevalles I was bitten several times. When returning to my bunk I shined my flashlight on the bed an there were several bed bugs going up and down on my treated curtain Is had used to cover the bed.
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BoxLid
You don't need to wash items, what kills bedbugs is heat. Run the stuff through the dryer on normal heat manually for an hour and good. They're immune to permethrin pretty much, don't bother trying most chemicals, heat is the only reliable way to kill them.
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You don't need to wash items, what kills bedbugs is heat. Run the stuff through the dryer on normal heat manually for an hour and good. They're immune to permethrin pretty much, don't bother trying most chemicals, heat is the only reliable way to kill them.
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Stanislava
I did the French way in 2017, only an year and a half later I was back on Camino Primitivo. I was not the only one who was miss it so badly and came back as soon as possible: . My hopes and dreams are to hike long distances again. Thank you, Dixie!
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I did the French way in 2017, only an year and a half later I was back on Camino Primitivo. I was not the only one who was miss it so badly and came back as soon as possible: . My hopes and dreams are to hike long distances again. Thank you, Dixie!
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