The Camino de Santiago: the beginning
A quick disclaimer: all information in this post is anecdotal, either my own or offered to me by some random stranger somewhere in Spain – nothing has been fact checked. Enjoy. X It was 40 minutes into the morning of Wednesday the 7th of June 2023 and my bus from Madrid airport to Burgos, a…
The Camino: the middle (part one)
Because I had joined Selin on the Camino late, I missed walking through the Pyrenees. Instead, I started on the meseta, the second stage of the Camino. Later on, an albergue host told me the meseta was his favourite part because of the ‘mental challenge’ It is a very flat section of the walk with…
The Camino: the middle (part two)
At Leon, a few new pilgrims joined the Camino and our rest day meant some people we hadn’t seen for a while caught up. After our wonderful day of gluttony and with some different faces, we returned to the meseta. The second half of this day was particularly brutal – 17km without shade or water.…
A Year in Nepal 