I am having breakfast in a cafe at Santa Marian, about 8 km from Vilaserio. I set off in the dark at 6.20 after a really bad night's sleep... I had some kind of allergic reaction to a Midge bite, and my legs were sensitive and hot all night. There seemed to be lots of coughing and general coming and going; the poor girl next to the squeaky door must have been at her wits end!
Apart from the squeaky door the private hostel at Vilaserio is very nice, but there are no shops there and only one,cafe/bar, owned by the Albergue owners. You might say they have a captive audience!
The weather was very hot yesterday and looks like being great again today. So ODF to Dumbria with coffee and tostadas to give me a spring in my step!
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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