Camino De Santiago, Why?

Why Walk It?

Why did I want to walk it? I don't really remember the main reason. It still appeals to me after hiking it. I would go for a different route, the *Camino.

Back To The Basics Of Human Existence

Life on the Camino is so simple. All I have to think about is eating, drinking, walking and sleeping. I get into a rhythm of eating, walking, eating, walking, eating, sleeping, eating, walking, etc. This rhythm is so nice. I will walk, eat and sleep. Back to the basics of human existence.

Being On The Camino, Is Being On The Camino

While walking I am in conversation, in contemplation or I look around me, so I am never bored. The real world seems further and further away the more I get into the rhythm of the Camino. The everyday worries of real life no longer exist.

The Ugly Suburbs On The Camino

The only thing that is not nice is walking in the suburbs of large cities, there I walk along the main roads where cars and trucks whiz past me and I have to watch out. For the rest it is nature and authentic villages what the clock strikes.

The People I Met On The Camino

The people I met on the Camino will always stay with me as a caricature of the character trait that I noticed on the camino. This character trait is something I liked, disliked, or told me something about myself during the walk together.

The Next Camino Is On My Mind

I would love to walk El Norte someday, someday. I am still hiking! I am still making plans for my next Camino, but instead I hiked the Pieterpad and plan on hiking others in The Netherlands too. But, someday, someday the next Camino will be there.

*I hiked the camino to think about what I wanted further from life and Databeet, not to party like some do on the Camino. I talked while hiking with my fellow hikers, but did not party with them or others. I am not a party animal and liked the quietness and calmness of the camino.