[Gocamino] pilgrimage in Latin America?

[Richard Ferguson]

I can name a couple of walking pilgrimages in Mexico that are 
popular.  One is to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico 
City.  The other is to San Juan de Los Lagos, in Jalisco state.  I 
remember seeing a group in San Miguel de Allende that was walking to 
San Juan de Los Lagos, unfortunately I was unable to stop to talk to 
them.  I understand that these are organized church groups with 
support vans for luggage.  They stay in churches, I believe.  The 
pilgrimage to San Juan de Los Lagos sounds especially appealing to 
me, perhaps because I have seen the pilgrims, and because I had not 
known much about the site before I saw the pilgrims.

http://www.sacredsites.com/americas/mexico/san_juan_de_los_lagos.html

http://www.irapuato.gob.mx/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1033

http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/espanol/cultura_y_sociedad/religion/detalle.cfm?idcat=3&idsec=19&idsub=0&idpag=1056

http://www.sanluisdelapaz.com/cmsespanol/noticias/p2000_articleid/676

Similarly, especially during Holy Week, people walk to Chimayo, New 
Mexico, a Hispanic tradition still active in the USA.  Again, we are 
talking church groups.

I am not aware of any Latin American pilgrimages with hostels or 
albergues.  But then, the flow of pilgrims to some of these sites is 
such that there must be places to stay.

Richard



>Hello,
>
>Does anyone know of any pilgrimage in Latin America similar to the Camino de
>Santiago -- that is, where one can actually walk and there might be hostels
>or albergues?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Kathy
>
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