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Many of my photographer friends have shown me pictures of the Milky Way and I am always amazed at their fantastic photography. I...

I started walking at 7:45, after spending over 11 hours in bed and really getting a great night's rest. A half hour in the walk, the sun...

Today it was 32°F, which is 0°C, freezing, and I started walking at about 6:45 AM. Right off the bat, I stubbed my toe three times in a...

I started by 7:15 AM from the Albergue and had a plan to walk 37 km, not too much and not too little. The destination was Léon and that...

I woke up at 5:30 AM and it was quite strange to wake up in a place with 10 bunkbeds and no one occupying any of them. I got ready slowly...

By 9AM, after having breakfast with my friend, I saw my friend off to the fork in the road that led to the Frómista rail station so he...

Today was a special walk day because my friend from undergrad, whom I had not seen for over 20 years, had flown in from Germany expressly...

Last night, I went to a restaurant in Burgos named Cobo Tradićion, that had a Michelin rating. Since the municipal Albergue closed at...

Today was a little chilly and windy. The Albergue was in a very old castle, and it was closed on multiple sides for the night. It took me...

This journey of 25-mile distance with a 2,100 feet climb was my plan today and I was starting a bit later than usual, at 5:45am. Cirueña...

It was 4 AM, time to get going. There were a bunch of kids from Chicago who had come to play football in Pamplona and they were on their...

There are several good iPhone apps for the Camino. I used the one named 'Buen Camino!' for the first few days and it's name is the same...

I met several people yesterday who were very easy to get along with. Sergio from Ireland and Stephan from Finland decided to walk early...

I woke up at 5 AM. It was pretty dark and I discovered it was going to be a rainy day. My watch and phone were charged. Breakfast was...

I was super excited about waking up and doing the walk this morning. The prior evening, the couple of companions had decided to start...

The Albergue house rules were to make no sound until 6:45AM but I was awake by 4 AM. I was able to get ready without making any sound and...

I found a really cheap American Airlines miles ticket for San Francisco to Madrid round trip and it came with its minor inconveniences....

Several months ago on the Apple news, I read an article by someone who walked the Camino for his 50th birthday. Several days later, I was...

Besides Mahe, two other islands people like to visit in Seychelles are Praslin and La Digue. The 's' in Praslin is silent. It is a bigger...

Forty years ago, three brothers wanted to enjoy life and they started distilling rum from the sugarcane in Seychelles for personal...