[Gocamino] pilgrimage in Latin America?

[Renato Alvarado Vidal]

Probably is the only one in the world; I don't know of something  
similar in Latin America.
Chile is building - and it has more than half done - a route called  
"El Camino de Chile"; it's a pedestrian path built all along the  
country, by the side of the mighty Andes mountains. It has no  
religious meaning, but the interesting aspect is that Chile is 4200  
Km. long (2600 Mls.) It's like going from Tunez to the north of  
Norway, so this camino is a real spiritual luxury.
Un abrazo

Machi

El 19/01/2007, a las 0:15, Kathy & Phil Dahl-Bredine escribió:

> Thanks for this.  I do know about these big pilgrimage groups here in
> Mexico.  They always go in large groups, often bicycling, with a motor
> vehicle escort.  But it would be pretty impossible for 1 or 2  
> people walking
> alone because there's no room at the side of the busy highways  
> generally,
> and there would be no places to stay at night.  What I'm wondering  
> is if
> anyone knows of any pilgrimage situation anywhere in Latin America  
> with a
> safe road or path to walk and places to stay along the way, as on  
> the Camino
> de Santiago.  Or is it truly the only one in the world??
>
> Kathy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Ferguson" <richard at fergusonsculpture.com>
> To: "Kathy & Phil Dahl-Bredine" <kpdb at prodigy.net.mx>
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>
>
>> 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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