Well. I'm going backwards. Had a slight set back yesterday & have had to rest up for a couple of days. Nothing serious, I know what caused it & how to prevent it from happening again, so I'm not worried. Ruined my favourite hiking shirt with stupid nose bleeds though so pretty peeved. However, all things happen for a reason & this was a lesson I had to learn. I decided to head back to Pamplona just in case. The road back is so much harder, let me tel...

End day one. Here I am in Uterga. I had intended on getting to Puenta la Reina which is about 10kms further but just couldn't go any further. The climb up to Alto del Perdon (aka the hill of forgiveness - wasn't very forgiving on my body let me tell you) was an absolute killer as heading into strong winds & all uphill. Can see why they put the wind farm up here. What smart people the Spaniards are, I think I read somewhere once that they are the 3rd largest u...

"THE JOURNEY OF A 1000 MILES BEGINS WITH A SINGLE STEP" Lao Tzu. Part way through day 1. WTF was I thinking? This is harder than I thought it was going to be. I thought i had prepared, but obviously not enough. I need to toughen up mentally, i think that is my problem.Was supposed to start yesterday but it was pouring down & I just couldn't get going so I started out early this morning. Had a bit of a bad start, couldn't find my way, but obviously found it s...

Just checked in. It´s 21:15 and it´s been a really really long day. The 4 hour train tipr just draged. I kept nodding off, the train does this to me all the time. I´ve developed an uncanny ability to nod off anywhere, anyhow, anytime. I reckon I could even sleep standing up. Working shiftwork does have some advantages I suppose, getting used to sleeping at odd hours allows me to nap at anytime. I took the easy option when I arrived at Pamplona and got a cab fr...

Hola from Barcelona Espana (or as the Spaniards say ´Barthelona¨ - their lisp is sooo cute, I could easily fall in love with a Spaniard). I´m writing this from Barcelona Sants estacion (station). Well, actually, to tell you the truth I´m transcribing this from some notes and actually typing this a couple of days later but same thing I suppose. My last two legs from Singapore to Doha and then Doha to Barcelona were a nightmare. Flew with xxxxxx - I won´t say...