[Gocamino] [Santiagobis] Re: Thoughts on "cheap holidays"

[Robert Spenger]

In this message, you have avoided the point that it is necessary to  
have a properly stamped credencial in order to be admitted to many of  
the refugios. It is not a matter of proving to just anyone that you  
were on the camino, but a matter of proving to the hospitalera/o at a  
particular refugio that you are qualified to spend the night there.  
There are many where this is not the case, such as private albergues  
and those which do not have hospitaleras/os in attendance. There are  
also those who are not all that careful about checking the  
credencials, but I have heard of at least one case in which a person  
was refused admittance for not having gone enough distance since the  
precious stop. But my point is that there are many at which a valid  
credencial is a firm requirement.

If you also did not care if you were not admitted to a lot of the  
refugios, then I agree that you have a point.

Bob S.


On Jun 26, 2007, at 12:09 AM, miklos paulovits wrote:

I am not sure  why  some people do the Camino.  For me it was the  
WALK,  the countryside, the companionship of strangers, the  solitude  
at times.  I did not care  if I got stamped  or not at places. I  do  
not want to prove anyone that I was on the Camino. I was there and I  
did it. Thats enough.  I can not believe some questions, really!

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