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2018 Road Trip – Playa Yelapa
Author: pizote
2018 Road Trip – Mazatlán
Some time off from driving in Mazatlán
2018 Road Trip – Central America
Today we crossed over to Mexico through Tecate. I must say, every Mexican official we dealt with was super nice, polite and efficient. Unlike their northern counterparts.
We planned on stopping in Puerto Peñasco for two days but due to two accommodation snafus and the high season, we couldn’t find lodging. We headed on to Caborca where as Sherpa Overland pointed out, I chose the Hotel El Camino – I didn’t even pay attention to the name until he mentioned it.
It ended up being a longer that planned day but that makes tomorrow a short day and we get an extra day somewhere.
Ani took a bunch of pics, some of which I am attaching here.
Winding Down
The Camino continues – now we are tourists in Combarro – a little fishing village of old.
Welcome to Santiago de Compostela
Well… the walk is over. Made it from Lisbon Portugal to Santiago de Compostela Spain in 23 days. 620km/385 miles.
Met some good people, said goodbye to some good people and have walked on.
This was the third consecutive year for walking the Camino, the fourth Camino. Plans are in the works for walking next year. Who knows what it will be like but it can only further enrich the whole Camino experience.
Luis, Kylie, Mercedes, Doris, Koldo, Phil and all of the others that I met on the trail made this Camino special.
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Bueno – ya se acabo el camino de nuevo. Este año fue desde Lisboa Portugal a Santiago de Compostela – 620km en 23 días.
Ya conocí unas buenas personas, me despedí de ellos y seguí andando.
Este Camino fue el tercer año seguido y el cuarto camino. Ya estamos planeando el próximo el año entrante. Que será, no se sabe todavía, pero solo se va agrandecer la experiencia del camino.
Todos las personas y más que había mencionado hicieron ese camino especial. Gracias!
The last day of the Camino was a fun-filled day full of memories.
Got up a six, walked 26km with the obligatory coffee stops every 90 minutes or so. Arrived in Santiago around noon and watched other friends arrive in the plaza.
Checked into the albergue, showered and then off to the Compostela office. A three hour wait dissuaded us and we created an impromptu group to get all of our Compostelas processed while we went out for drinks and pastries and met more friends.
Wandered around until we found a restaurant at 2100hrs. Wonderful dinner and a good time. Ended up leaving the restaurant at midnight. Hitting a bar on the way home – leaving at 2:00 this morning.
Then we decided to go dancing and have more drinks, getting back to the albergue at 0430.
Best night in a long time.
Love this place love these people.
Day 22 – Padrón
A day in Padrón. The walk was short and we got caught in the rain. But all was good – with a special surprise
Day 21 – Caldas de Reis
A nice walk between showers. Not so nice during them.
Day 19
It’s a tough day on the Camino
Day 11 & 12 – O Porto
Today was a good day. I was planning on walking only 20km but at the 20km point I felt really good to continue another 15 into Porto. It just so happened that there was a thunderstorm and it dumped a bit of rain and lightning etc. I waited it out and then hiked in the fresh cool air.
Made it to Porto where I’ll stay here for three nights and go port tasting.
Day 8
Another day. The heat is building up this week so I am off to early starts. 0600 this morning but I was done by 1130.
Today is significant because for a short 4km, I encountered the only real “trail” so far in the 250km since Lisboa.
All the others have consisted of main roads, country roads and farm roads – the later being unpaved.
The second half of this Camino is supposed to be better. On the north side of Porto, there are three main choices – interior, coastal and litoral (actual coastal beach and boardwalks).
