In Camino circles, 25 km sounds like a modest day of walking. But, you know, it is tiring! We wanted to get to Miranda de Ebro, which is about 36 km past Vitoria – too much, we agreed! So we got a taxi to take us 11 km to Subijana de Álava, which was a…
Rest days always seem to involve many km walking around town. Today it also included many steps up into the cathedral tower and down into the foundations! The tour of the renovations of the Cathedral de Santa María was very interesting. After breakfast and the cathedral tour, we returned to the hotel to fetch laundry…
The weather is hotter than we expected (25C), but today there was a bit of breeze, which helped. We had a reservation in a nice hotel for 2 nights. Some places were full because it is a holiday weekend – the national day of Spain.
This was the anticipated hard but scenic day. It was a beautiful day with a variety of scenery, more than 800 m gain in elevation (over 8 km), then down half that over another 8 km. We had refreshments in a Bar in Zalduondo, and then did a 6 km trudge on roadside into Salvatierra/Aguarin.…
Yay! Our first day of only walking, even if it was only 17 km. Very pleasant – rain threatened early but did not materialize. Most of the walk was on country paths or along the river. In Zegama we are esconced at the Pensión, feeling satisfied after menús del día, and thinking about an early…
Our walk began with a 2 km stretch to the train station, where we proceeded to ride to Alegía. Then we walked about 13 km to Beasain – mainly on a paved walking/cycling path along a road without too much traffic. It was sunny and warm. Several towns with food and drink were available. In…
Daughter A and I flew to Biarritz, where we met Daughter N to walk most of the Camino Vasco del Interior and Camino Bayona from Irun to Burgos – planning a bit more than 200 km over 12 days. Since I don’t regularly watch TV or movies, airplane entertainment is novel. A special movie (really…
We walked all over. Learned to cross the streets! We did New Delhi, Old Delhi, India Gate, the area of the Red Fort, miscellaneous bazaars and the Delhi Zoo. Everything was interesting. We watched traffic police doing spot checks on a bridge for awhile, saw a women’s march, dodged every sort of vehicle, observed life…
We decided to return to Kathmandu the day before our flight out – let’s just say that road maintenance is limited. The day was beautiful, our driver was good, so it only took 2 hours. Two hours later, getting into Kathmandu, the driver turned off the highway to the right and headed into a dubious…
After a very bumpy drive about 20 km from Bhaktapur to Nagarkot, we arrived at the Fort Retreat, a very comfortable upgrade. Of course we got up for sunrise over the Himalayas. The photo below would presumably show Mount Everest on a clear day with binoculars. For two days we went out walking for the…
Taxi from Kathmandu to the town of Bhaktapur, 16 km away. Bhaktapur is a medieval city state that had one of the best preserved Durbar Squares with temples and palaces – until the 2015 earthquake. I had booked something vaguely quaint in the mid-price range. Here, that means C$40. It was fine except with nightime…
Walked toward the east side today.
Everything is covered with dust and many people wear masks. If you are interested, here’s an article expanding on traffic and air quality in Kathmandu. Another piece of context is that there was a devastating earthquake in 2015 from which Kathmandu and Nepal haven’t recovered. Today we set off fresh and brave after a decent…
