I had this idea that you could walk back from the lighthouse to the lovely beach on the west without going back into central Fisterra. It worked out in the end, but a good map would have helped! Pilgrims and other tourists would definitely enjoy this walk, and it is certainly off the beaten track.
I only passed 2 other people; a Portugese couple looking for the 'sacred stones'. I passed these later, but only realised about 1 km further on, when I reached the mirador. The view from there was spectacular, as the attached photo shows. There was also an information board (which is how I knew I'd passed the sacred stones) and a picnic table. Nice!
From the top I could see both Fisterre's beaches, and eventually zig-zagged down to my intended destination. I was really hot by then and fully ready to be bashed around by the waves!
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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