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Pilgrims on Bikes

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There are seven of them, they are from Cataluña and they are cycling their way to Santiago. They call themselves “The elastic group” since some of them bike faster and some slower. They tell us that now they understand why the professional cyclists complain that Galicia is a tough place to bike, with a... »

A Lutheran priest on the Camino

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Gösta Tingström is a Lutheran priest from Sweden that has walked the Camino to Santiago to test himself as a person and as a priest. According to Gösta the camino is also a test of himself as a preacher and a fountain of inspiration that he will share in his parish back home. »

Horacio the Pilgrim

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A trip back in time full of visual impacts. This is how Horacio describes his camino. He is a pilgrim that has arrived in Santiago impressed by the history, nature and the mysticism of the way of Saint James in Galicia. »

Pilgrims from Cataluña

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They have walked the Camino before. Each year this group from Cataluña has been walking one stage of the camino Francés. The objective: to finish and arrive in Santiago in 2010, the holy year. In earlier years they have completed the Camino Portuguese as well. The expert pilgrims share their advice while having a... »

Rumi Makyno, Tokyo (Japan)

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Rumi Makyno is from Tokyo (Japan) and is walking the Camino Francés. We caught up with her in Samos (Lugo), were we talked to her. She walks alone and seems content. “The Camino is much like life”, she says before giving some tips to “soon to be“ pilgrims. Samos, Galica »

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