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Camino Portugues packing list
One of the most difficult things about the camino – except from walking it – is to decide what needs to be on your Camino Portugues packing list. I spent weeks researching which items are the best fit the camino, which are the lightest, which gear has the best functionality…I even went so far and weighted each item, until I narrowed it down to mind blowing 6kg. Not bad, right? I know there are many Camino Packing lists out there suggesting what to pack and what not to, but I think – very humble here – mine is the best. I used each and every item I had in my…
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Camino Portugues – from Porto to Santiago
When we came back from our around the word trip earlier this year, we still had 3 months before actually getting back to our corporate jobs. Each of us had a few side trips planned during this time and I grabbed the occasion to realise one of my dreams: walking the camino portugues from Porto to Santiago de Compostela, alone. I also travelled only with 6kg light backpack! Click here to know how I did that! To be honest, it freaked me out. I had a courage boost a few months earlier and booked the flight so I wouldn’t bail. But until the very last moment, actually until literately I…
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Koh Phangan with Kids
When trying to figure out where to start our world trip, it quickly turned out to be a more difficult task than expected. We were in a state of excitement and anticipation but also in total respect for this trip and mostly: afraid as hell of our own courage. We discussed La Gomera for a while, but it felt like a foul compromise – it was too close to home and we realised, to really start our trip, we needed to leave Europe. At the same time, we were worried stiff about this whole world trip adventure and needed to start somewhat close to our comfort zone.. Georgia, India, Sri…
