Accommodation and Camino Albergues - Mike on the Camino 

Are you psychic? Just finishing off my script on the next episode about bed bugs!

Im planning Spetember too! See you there!

Thanks Peter, I'm just starting with youtube. My first edit was longer but it got a little too long and doubled on some info so I will keep those ideas for another future episode. I'm pleased you enjoyed it, looking forward to your future comments.

Thanks Cindy! I do love t-shirts! The ones you have see so far were purchased in Santiago. I do have some new ones coming including a custom one that I'm really excited to see if my design worked. I really liked this video too. I think the info is so important for a pre-pilgrim. Oddly enough, it's one of my lower performing videos, although the analytics on it show those that watch it, stick with the episode and it has a relatively high number of likes even if it has less views than others. When my custom shirt arrives I hope you post me a comment on your thoughts.

Thanks!

Excellent question. I will be doing a video on equipment and poles at some stage. To answer your questions... Firstly, aching for another Camino, secondly I was in a car accident and my left wrist and poles do not work. I used 1 pole from time to time with my right hand with mixed results from the odd gait, my son had 2 poles and loved them. We got them for free along the way as pilgrims leave them behind by accident or dump them to save weight / don't use them. He also lost a set along the trip, but go another, and lost sunglasses too, joys of travelling with an 11 year old. Some folks love them, some hate them. It's personal. Try them at home with full days of walking with a weighted pack. Do some sleep ups and downs (most people carry them for the steep bits) as well as the flat. Do you get a big enough benefit from the extra weight and clunkiness when they are not in use? It's your call. Don't spend a fortune on them, they may not come home with you, or may not even make the final pack. If you have any back, knee or feet issues, less weight is ALWAYS the goal. The bigger the pack weight the bigger the chance of injury.

Awesome observation there! It sure is. It was great. SUPER fast internet. I was up the back and to the left. The only downside, someone got my paypal password while I was there. I'm just back from Camino again (back less than a week) and I will be doing a video in the upcoming season 2 on phone security, so make sure to subscribe. I was pretty lucky they only got into an account that had a zero balance, but they tried withdrawing hundreds!

Accents are funny Michele. Australia has no Spanish speaking neighbouring countries, so we are far less used to the sounds of the language. My youngest boy learns Indonesian at school and the eldest learns Japanese. No schools within koowee (Australian slang for nearby) or any I know even offer Spanish electives. As a result, Australians’ have fantastically appalling Spanish pronunciations. However, we have no trouble with towns like Woolloomooloo or Goondiwindi. Thanks for your technical info too. Pre-injury I used walking sticks. My son loved his. It really is a personal thing though, many pilgrims swore they were the best things even on the flat terrain, others would dump them as excess weight with minimal benefit, and some say they are worth it for the steep stuff. It’s not quite as polar as wool socks though, you love ‘em or you hate them, rarely in between.

I'm Australian too

Well stone the bloody crows and bugger me dead. Another Aussie!

One silk liner and thermals will see you through for September, unless you intend camping out which is not allowed. It's still quite warm and almost all albergues have blankets. You are if you start in late sept at SJPDP you may get some cooler weather by the time you get to Cruz de Ferro. Mountain weather is variable. Just remember you have to carry that bag the whole way. Watch your pack weight.

He looks a bit like the dragon from Never Ending Story! Thanks for your feedback, I will do an episode on choosing an Albergue at some stage, it's a great question. In short, I lost my Camino guide book long before I left, so I did almost no research. I got a few apps which had reviews. I mostly used the Wisely app and looked for what facilities (like do they have a kitchen, offer meals, laundry etc), price and fellow pilgrim reviews. I'm also going to do a full review episode of the single worst albergue, which I lightly mentioned in this episode. Looking forward to your future comments!

Yes Griffo is very Cute! [doggo moment] 11:47 [NO moment] 6:26 🙂

Great doggie and an excellent video. 👍

Wow, that's gone up. I hear they provide wifi now which is a minimum these days - especially for a such an expensive albergue. As we had no simcard my family did not hear from us until the end the end of the second day of Camino. Not ideal. I also did video on Orisson ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0NgKzVTVJgQ.htmlsi=cu0T2yHFQJUaFCzP