On the first day of walking on the Manaslu Trek in Central Nepal I somehow found myself helping 3 teenage girls transporting 2 chickens to their hometown of Macha Khola: We took turns and stopped for a rest and drinks…
A Camino moment. Tomorrow I start a long Camino to Santiago with a 30 day trek across Manaslu and Annapurna. Then to the west of Ireland to start a 3+ month walk from my ancestral home to Santiago. At the…
There are many special places on The Camino and Cruz de Ferro (The Iron Cross) in the west of Leon Province is perhaps the most spiritual. All three of my experiences there have been special and noteworthy, though this last…
This is one peregrino’s perspective so biased but I also talked with many other VDLP and Frances peregrino’s to confirm these points. The intent is to give Camino Frances veterans a sense of How The Camino Via de la…
On the 4th day of Camino via de la Plata(VDLP) and walking through the Parque Sierra in the early morning enjoying the sunrise and the mist in the trees amidst the rolling green hills. For some reason the topic…
It is Thursday, the 18th of May and I am resting chatting with Joseph from Switzerland In the courtyard of the Albergue Rio Aljucen in the small village of Aljucen. We first met at the Municipal Albergue in Guillena on…
On the second day of my third Camino, Via de LaPlata, originating in Seville I leave Guillena at 7:15. Just outside of town the river is too high to walk across so a peregrina from France, Claudina, and I walk…
As my journey from Nairobi to Johannesburg is ending I found myself thinking about my Camino Via de la Plata which I was planning to start in Sevilla, Spain in 10 days. Then during a visit yesterday to the local…
Departed Port Elizabeth, South Africa Tuesday night at 18:00 on an overnight bus for the second time in three nights. Arrived in Kokstad at 7:00 yesterday. Hitched 5k into town picked up by guy and woman who made a sign…
