Dare I say it out loud? "I will walk the Camino de Santiago this year." There. I said it. With so many things happening last year, my dream of walking The Way was relegated to the bottom of my list of "Things To Do Eventually". But this year feels different. This year feels right. I think this ...
In my continuing quest to find people who can help me turn my Camino de Santiago dream into reality, I stumbled upon Mark Ho. Mark is currently doing The Walk and is, in fact, on his 33rd day on the road with two companions. I asked him to give me some tips on how ...
A few days ago, I was finally able to watch "The Way", a film starring Emilio Estevez and dad Martin Sheen. It was also produced and directed by Emilio himself. The Estevezes apparently trace their roots back to Galicia, Spain where the story takes place. I was so engrossed in the film ...
Last August, I wrote about how I missed a talk by Australian professor and Camino guide Marc Grossman, lamenting how frustrated I was that I missed it and how going to this pilgrimage is really a lifelong dream of mine. So imagine my delight when four months later, on Christmas Eve last year, Marc left a ...
My theme for today is "Unchartered Territories". Let me start with Socotra. What is Socotra? Sounds like a new car model or a pair of Adidas trekking shoes, huh? Well, it's actually an island somewhere in the Indian Ocean. But with all the alien-looking plant species that thrive there, you would think it's out of this ...
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