That is the Camino done for this year, so I must rather sadly (I admit) stop sending these thoughts and pictures into the ether. It has been fun, and I have really appreciated the comments I have read and just knowing people are following my progress.
I wish I had something profound to say at this moment, but all i can think is that we all have to follow our dreams, and i think the Camino is about finding out which particular bright star/dream/idea inspires you to keep moving forwards. For me I am realising that I need space to myself, and both love and fear people. I let very few people close.
But the love and kindness I have received from people I have met are what will stay with me most potently, especially from the Spanish people I have met on buses and in shops.
My great faith that most people in the world are lovely and good has not been shaken, and that gives me huge joy and confidence that I can walk out on more less-trodden paths and have more adventures!
I have attached a picture of me at Campceberros, and a sunrise on the same day. I would really like to go here again... It was a beautiful location and there was lots to see.
So until the next trip, Buen Camino amigos!!
P.S. I will post soon with distances between my stops for anyone interested. If you have any questions while it is fresh in my mind, email me at: rachel@eveling.net
South America is really big and I have never been there. I am leaving the safety of my teaching job to explore 5 spanish-speaking countries and to walk in the footsteps of Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands. I am hoping that neither the perilous altitudes of Ecuador, the ravenous midges in the Peruvian rainforest or the crazy Bolivian bus drivers will kill me... I will doubtless meet other people on the edge of sanity who feel the need to wander away from safety. I hope we can be friends.
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