what to bring

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>From: Leonie Galil <LgalilaAOL.COM>
>Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
>To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
>Subject: Re: what to bring
>Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 09:30:09 EDT
>
>This is what someone posted as a packing list for women, I hope it helps.
>LG
>
>Dear Lisa,
>Here is my packing list for a summer camino:
>Passports, actual and camino credencial"passport"
>TWO credit cards for ATMS (VISA)
>Emergency traveller's checks for insurance
>About $10.000PTAs cash
>Daypack (mine detatched from my backpack)
>Light sleeping bag or sleeping sack
>Very good boots with a wide toe box (your feet will swell more than they
>ever have before!)
>wide brim sun hat
>very lightweight rain poncho
>fast-drying long pants
>shorts you can wear under the long pants (I took bike shorts)
>skirt or a dress (I suggest a skirt, I took a dress)
>something to sleep in which is very cool but modest (I slept in my dress!)
>short-top socks (sweaty ankles, yuck)
>2 sets of fast-drying underwear
>sandals (buy them there, Converse)
>A very light long-sleeved jacket, with pockets, in a light color.
>Travelsmith has a good one(like a windbreaker).
>Swimsuit!! (lots of public swimming pools)
>French folding knife
>flashlight
>extra shoestrings
>washcloth and one of those camping towels which is very light but absorbs 6
>liters of water, shampoo
>zoris for the shower if you harbor athlete's foot paranoia
>sunglasses
>handkerchief
>small packs of Kleenex (can buy there, Colhogar)
>toothbrush, comb, small mirror
>sunscreen (can get German SPF 50 there)
>Lip balm, VISENE or other eye drops
>night-illuminated wristwatch
>Very good backpacker's botiquin including
>tweezers, Q tips, emergency meds, Compeed, Vaseline
>document copies
>guide book (can buy there)
>baby wipes (can buy there)
>ziplock baggies--the big size
>Franklin electronic dictionary--get the Portuguese card, too, and a phrase
>book if your Spanish isn't peninsular (those Mexican words just don't work
>in Spain!).  Lonely Planet is a good one because it has some Basque and
>Galego phrases which can be useful.
>weight? I carried 14 kg and I am over 50 years old. It doesn't matter how
>much you carry, it will become part of your body.
>
>


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