May 12th, 2017 Camping de Castro to Alburgue Juvenile de Sontona Km walked: 31 Km total: 228 It was a fairly boring day through a long road walk alternate. We didn’t have to do the road walk but it cut off quite a bit of unnecessary backtracking so we took it. The route lately has […]
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May 11th, 2017 Portugalete to Camping de Castro Urdiales Km walked: 28 Km total: 197 The Alburgues are just terrible. We had to stay at one again last night in Portugeles, as we ended the day in a city and no camping options were available. There’s nothing like sleeping in a hot room with 16
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May 10th, 2017 Bilbao to Portugalete Km walked: 20 Km total: 169 It only took a week on the trail, but I finally managed to lock myself in a public toilet. It was hot in there, and humid, and the smell of urine and crap was almost suffocating. There are hardly any public restrooms in
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May 9th, 2017 Alburgue Eriska to Bilboa Km walked: 24 Km total: 149 The night was cool and pleasant in the tent, and the best part was that we didn’t have to listen to any rhinos or elephants, just the occasional horse naying under the moonlight, and the small chirps of crickets squawking away in
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May 8th, 2017 Ziortza to Alburgue Eskirika Km walked: 25 Km total: 125 We sat outside in Gerika on a park bench eating our baguette and salami and cheese, watching people come and go from the grocery store, also with baguettes, sticking out of bags and coats and held in hands. The baguette is a
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May 7th, 2017 Deba to Ziortza Km walked: 31 Km total: 100 We walked inland today, up and over large mountains and through densely forested woods. The sea lay out of sight to the north, and instead we saw goats and sheep and horses, eating grass and laying in the sun under skies too blue
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May 6th, 2017 Camp Zauratz to Deba Km walked: 25 Km total: 69 The rain came down strong during the night and battered the tent, and luckily let up around 3 AM so that when we woke up the tent was pretty dry. The air was cool, clear and clean, and the view out towards
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May 5th, 2017 Pasajes de San Juan toCampground 2km north of Zarautz Km walked: 28 Km total: 44 We both slept well on account of our earplugs. They really saved us last night. The rhino in the room went at it all night long, and even though we could still hear him, it was faint
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May 4th, 2017 Irun to Passjes de San Juan Km hiked: 16 Km Total: 16 Today we started the Camino del Norte, or was it yesterday? I don’t know. Our sleep schedule has been very discombobulated, on account of multiple time zone traverses spanning several days, and an overnight bus ride from Barcelona to Irun
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We were sitting at a table outside a small beach storefront drinking a beer and eating a corn on the cob. It was a nice afternoon and the sea was calm, gently brushing up on the sandy shore and retreating back into the bay-like water as if nothing ever happened. Fukuoka tower was behind us
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