Today I spent entirely alone, except for exchanging greetings with the couple from Montreal when I passed them. (It is nice to know there is someone behind me on the trail.) Sometimes I think about how it would be nice to company and other times I think how much people miss in their experience if…
Two others joined me in a taxi for the first 16 km, which is along a road. Once into the Natural Reserve, the walk was extremely pleasant. Temperatures had dropped and some clouds came in to provide shelter on the 400 m ascent to “Calvary Hill.” In Almaden de la Plata, the Municipal hospitalera introduced…
Another tiring day, I’m exhausted. I have decided that I have a cold (minor, I think) that could be a cause or effect of the jetlag and no sleep. In any case, it explains my low energy level. I left Guillena alone, after most of the others. Occasionally it is fun to be part of…
I left my hostal at 8:15, aimed for the river and northward, more or less. For those of you who wonder why the guidebooks say 22 km, let me start with 2 important points: I do not claim to have a great sense of direction. Rightly considered, inconveniences are an adventure. Instead of a double…
I have been transported around the world and to my pilgrim personna. In other words I’m on the Camino in Spain again. Taking just 31 days and planning to walk from Seville to Salamanca or Zamora (500-600 km). My first flight saw me feeling a bit anxious and guilty – Why am I doing this?…
I was lucky to be in the centre of Mexico City on the weekend before Día de los Muertos. (Apologies for posting so many photos, but how could I not?) First, the Frida Kahlo museum. I must read more about her and maybe watch the movie again. Then the Museum of Anthropology, which gave me…
Mexico City is an “alpha global city”, according to Wikipedia. Nine million people in the city proper, 21 million in the metropolitan area. It is huge and teeming with traffic. The traffic was slow but surprisingly organized and without honking mayhem. Those millions of people are moving about the city, using modern public transport, shopping,…
Most of our travel arrangements for Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, had been made in advance with Caroline of Lucky Bean Travel, who did a superb job. Once there, we added on a day trip to Botswana for wildlife viewing. Only 3 days in total was just enough to give us a taste of what a longer African…
Seeing Clarely 