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The end is near for this camino
And so I make it onto familiar ground and the last province on el camino, A Coruña. My parents are from this region and I've been visiting this part of Spain mostly year-on-year all of my life. A pocket of Spain that is unfamiliar to the typical British tourist that makes it to these shores but its unspoilt features is part of its allure and charm. The weather fronts that make it to A Coruña are the same ones that hit Cornwall and Ireland ...
Day 9, Computer geeks to vege peaks
An early morning was the last of my worries at this point, considering I don't have my mum or dad around to do the washing, my chinos, which happen to be my formal wear were still encrusted with cigarette smog. I swear I felt filthy when I walked into IBM, but then I realised, every man and his cat puffs on these cancer tubes - so I guess I'm just embracing the Chilean culture by smelling ...
Santiago de Compostela
... itself was a nice city and the weather was perfect during the walk. The route was well marked with clamshell dotted ever 100m or so indicating which way to go. Passed many nationalities on the walk inlcuding Chinese, Japanese, Americans and many Europeans all of which we hoping to finish the walk that afternoon.A couple of bagpipes could be heard around town as you explored the narrow streets.
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Finally in Santiago
... only had 1km to go we stopped for a beer. We walked for 2km and then asked for directions again and were told it was only 2km away. After 2km we asked a man with a horse who told us it was only 1km away, after 1km we asked a lady who told us it was 1km away. By this time it was after 7pm and totally dark, we did eventually find our way. Marie had lost faith the minute we left the bar. The accommodation turned out to be first class in a converted ...
Starting to Stretch out the Kilometres - 30k
... s son we assumed) not done such a sterling job. Aside we had a few chips, Spanish Peppers (soo nice) and again something else which has surpassed my memory banks...must have been hungry! A couple of bottles of Fanta Orange and Coke were also downed relatively quickly and when they hit us with a bill under 15 Euros it was actually embarrassing. We tipped well and followed the three amigos up...yes, you got it...another massive hill!!!
We eventually caught and passed ...