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Day 24 – Pontevedra to Armenteira

Day 24 – Pontevedra to Armenteira – 14.2mi/23km After seeing 110+ hostel beds get snapped up yesterday before 3pm, we were worried. With so many other peregrinos coming to Pontevedra

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Day 23 – Mos to Pontevedra

Day 23 – Mos to Pontevedra – 21mi/32km I’m off alarm duty. I slept right through my alarm and Finn, Lis, and “Uncle Bernard” took off before David and me

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Day 22 – Tui to Mos

Day 22 – Tui to Mos – 22km – Observations and Photos Last night, we stayed in a converted wing of a monastery last night with comfortable mattresses (compared to

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Day 21 – Rubiães to Tui

Day 21 – Rubiães to Tui – 14mi/22km This was my favorite day so far on the Portuguese Camino. We got an early 630am start but it was cool outside

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Day 20 – Ponte de Lima to Rubiães

Day 20 – Ponte de Lima to Rubiães – 11.8mi/19km Exhausted from 3 gruelingly long days, we learned today would be EVEN hotter than yesterday, but mercifully shorter. The only

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Day 19 – Barcelos to Ponte de Lima

Day 19 – Barcelos to Ponte de Lima – 37km – Observations and Photos Did I say yesterday was long and gruelingly hot? This was worse. It was supposed to

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Day 18 – Vila da Conde to Barcelos

Day 18 – Vila da Conde to Barcelos – 18mi/29km – Observations and Photos We had another long day ahead of us today with a hot forecast, so we got

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Day 16 – Porto to Vila do Conde

Day 16 – Porto to Vila do Conde – 23mi/37km Nilanj will take over writing duties and I will be doing some daily observations now. After an early 600am wakeup,

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Day 15 – Grijo to Porto

Day 15 – Grijo to Porto – 18km/11.1 miles After two full weeks of pounding mostly pavement I’ve arrived in Porto! The entrance into the city rivals any that I’ve

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Day 14 – São João da Madeira to Grijo

Day 14 – São João da Madeira to Grijo – 21.5km/13.3 miles Two weeks now complete! A lot of the guides tell you that this stage is about 18km but

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Day 13 – Albergeria a Velha to São João da Madeira

Day 13 – Albergeria a Velha to São João da Madeira – 32km/20 miles Today was the last of the long days and it may have been the hardest of

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Day 12 – Sernadelo to Albergeria a Velha

Day 12 – Sernadelo to Albergeria a Velha – 44km/27.5 miles This turned into a monster of a day that was neither scenic nor easy. It’s the farthest I’ve ever

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