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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
... Hiked 10 miles We expected to be walking into Santiago in the rain but were pleasantly surprised to find that it was a nice sunny day. Most of the 10 miles seemed to be uphill and yet again we were exhausted when we arrived in front of the cathedral. We have had an incredible journey and were both surprised as to how emotional it was reaching our goal. Although our bodies are extremely tired we have both thoroughly enjoyed the ups and downs of ...
Only 20km left to go......
Ok so perhaps we didn't quite think the blog idea through very well.... Unfortunately due to scanty internet and general weariness and a tendency to prioritise sleep and food the blog has been pretty much abandoned! But not to worry...we are now 20km from our endpoint Santiago de Compostela. Since our last update we have walked through mud, ice, wind, thunder and lightning and ...
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