[Gocamino] Camino guides. Caveat

[Rebekah Scott]

I used the dowloadable Xunta guide to walk the Camino Ingles in May. It was pretty, and it gave lots of cultural and artistic info., but it was lacking in the really practical advice a walker needs, i.e., distances between intermediate points, bars, opening hours, etc.(The maps were not useful at all.) The xunta guides are great for general info, but I won't rely on them and waymarks exclusively again, esp. on the less-used routes. Go with the CSJ guide!  

Rebekah Scott 
www.moratinoslife.blogspot.com

"The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become, until he goes abroad." -- Mark Twain


--- On Sat, 6/28/08, Rosina <blaroli at aol.com> wrote:

> From: Rosina <blaroli at aol.com>
> Subject: [Gocamino] Camino guides.  Caveat
> To: GoCamino at oakapple.net, saintjames at yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, June 28, 2008, 4:01 PM
> Hello you all,
> Going to www.xacobeo.es one can have access to the various
> guides prepared by the Xunta.? When the page opens, on the
> right side, under a small picture of the Cahedral's
> towers, there is a column called "Guias de
> Peregrinos". Underneath it there is a list of the
> various routes. After you select the route the guide to it
> comes up and the language may be chosen.
> Please be aware that the English translation is
> program-generated and, therefore, often misleading. For
> instance, it traduces "Asturian" as
> "Austrian", and so on.? But it is good enough for
> a general idea.
> 
> By the way, the same page informs that in beautiful Seattle
> Wash. there is at present, and until the 28th of July, an
> exhibition called "Sacred Steps" about the Camino
> de Santiago. The works are shown at the Saint James
> Cathedral in that lovely city.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rosina
> 
> 
> ?
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