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Hi, I just haven't done my camino primitivo. I quit when I arrived to Lugo, I done 230km with 9 days, last 100km to Santiago I decided by train. There no reason and no why, I felt happy I don't need to walk with 1000 people on the busy French way . I had very good time on my 230km Camino, I saw sunrise, sunset, full moon, hiking up and down.

I plan to walk the Camino May 2025🙏 I have watched many videos in preparation and this is the first video i have seen of someone of colour. I am a female from Africa, Uganda. I pray all will be good as i will be traveling alone 😇I was going to do the portugese camino, saw your experience on that journey then this one. Camino Frances here i come. Thanks Alexa🤝 Bless you❤

I am walking the Portuguese Caminho at the moment. Due to the wildfires a few of us caught the train from Coimbra to Porto. We started in Lisbon. It has been tough so far and I am looking forward to walking beside the Atlantic ocean. Bom Caminho.

there is nothing BUT love for you. Even suffering is out of compassion to show you where you arent free yet. Without suffering we would be stuck to our ego, chasing pleassure and running from pain. Sometimes suffering is the only way we will look, suffering is mercy. The sooner you allow the pain and can stay still in pleassure without attaching your joy to it, making it a condition you belief you need to have in order to feel it, in that much you will create a sense of lack in the absence of it. This is not a lecture, I write my own thoughts down but it helped me realise how all the suffering was there as guidance, so perfectly suited as a key to the patterns and false beliefs I had comming into this life. I asked for it Im sure. Id rather have pain, when you dont resist it, the suffering is gone. I try not to attach to pleassure in connecting to others and feel loved/wanted/good enough that way. I want communion with every moment with the divine with here and rest in that

If someone walked a Camino and when they were done said that they had “ found their Way” and that a very surprising Way had found them… And if they said that their whole life they had always “ pushed through everything”, but on their Camino they had learned to deeply listen to themselves and Honor the truth of their own Being regardless of what others may think, or even regardless of what an earlier version of themselves thought- And if they also learned on their Camino to clearly discern what they Most Needed at any given time and to deeply respect themselves and care for themself in a most optimizing way; well I’d say that they had had an impressive and exquisitely successful Camino. No. Matter. How. Long. It. Was. Your courage, your “ truthing” , your honesty, and your Self Love in the form of radical Self Care , are all powerful processes wrought from YOUR Camino , and in my book a roaring success-- Thank you for modeling such exquisite authenticity and deep self respect.

I'm an experienced backpacker - did the Portuges (Literol Way + Spiritual Detour) with over 20km a day. The only way to go is to just start. I don't think you were well prepared (just looking at your pack you were way over a reasonable limit) - perhaps you may have had some anxiety issues as well? Portuges is harder than the Frances because a higher degree of self-motivation is required. On the Frances, you just follow the crowd. If you're alone and inexperienced the Portuges is NOT the right path. BTW: It does help to be Catholic because you understand the significance of the pilgrimage and the deep worth of an indulgence. [I stopped in every church that was opened and prayed a rosary. I was able to hand it over to a niece on my return].

we're 62yrs old, My wife and I completed our Camino a little over a week ago, returned home here in Hawaii this past Wednesday...the Spiritual journey was profound,...I can't articulate the experience any other way but...PROFOUND!! ...The wonderful souls & places we were blessed with along the way shall forever hold a special place in my heart....IMHO: the Camino is a microcosm of our lives...the Good, bad, sometimes ugly, the challenges, pain & suffering, the heat, the cold, the wind & rain...Like our lives, the Camino isn't suppose to be easy...it's a journey, a Spiritual Pilgrimage...in the end a Change, a change in Character, in Heart & Soul,...we move forward with our lives with a renewed sense of purpose, to be more loving, giving, kinder, more patient, understanding, and compassionate....the voice of Christ becomes clearer as he continues to speak to our hearts.....it's a pilgrimage where it's just you and God...Mahalo's Nagela for sharing your experience....You Go Girl!!....Note: We're already planing our next Camino!

Thanks for sharing that. I'm about to go on my first Camino and there's always the quitting thoughts. I almost went for the Portuguese one and then I read some about it and thought that it wouldn't be good to do a "less paved" one for the first time, that I might feel too lonely. So I'm embarking on the Frances in the next days :)

You are truly an inspiration. Thank you for sharing this and your journey.

I have been going down a rabbit hole researching the Camino. I am sooo confident I want to do it. So much so that I've got ALL my gear ready, and have planted the seed to my employer that I WILL be taking time off. But, if I'm completely honest I have a nagging voice in the back of mind questioning if it's right for me. Your real life story is the exact mental story that runs its little voice making me insecure about it. I'm sure I know why I have this voice (I'm going through a divorce that I did not want, that was sprung on me while I was out of the country with friends) and my life is so uncertain I feel gun-shy at every turn, dreading anything that might be like a sucker punch, and being out of the country on this unknown venture has doubting everything. My heart and mind mean well, but this insecure seed that has been planted is getting the better of me when I let it take too much control over my quiet mind. I feel you, and I 100% relate to your story. I am glad that you did what was right for you at the time. There's always tomorrow should you decide again. You have to take care of your mental health.

Thank you for sharing your story. I did the Camino Frances almost a year ago, and I struggled physically and emotionally. I am still pondering my experience to this day and questioning what happened. I read and watch so many other Camino accounts of people who say how the Camino was the best experience they ever had, while my whole Camino, all I did was wish for it to end. Every night I would explore whether I should go home, and then every morning I felt like all I wanted to do was walk. And so I would go another stage. When I got to the last 100k, it felt like I had gone too far to quit. So I pushed on and made it all the way, but when I got to Santiago, all I could think of was going home as fast as I could. In retrospect, the worst thing I did was to stress and overthink too much while preparing for the Camino. Then I went on the Camino with expectations, and of course, as you know, the Camino doesn't give you want you want, but what you need. I want to thank you for sharing your experience, especially because when I watch all the other vlogs, I feel like such a failure, because I didn't experience the joy and connection like others say they did. With all that said, I am still glad I did it. It was a dream I had for so long. And I did it. I wanted to walk 500 miles by myself and I did. I do feel called to do it again but now I am scared and uncertain. My post-Camino has been filled with daily reflection and work on my inner self. It seems like I can never get away from this Camino! Thanks for listening and for the validation :)

I can't believe you ran. It's hard enough walking. I enjoyed your video. Thank you so much for sharing..

What wonderful visuals and narratives of your journey. Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone - simply beautiful!

Excellent.

I think no matter which kind of walking you do if camino or just hiking. You have to do how you like it The compostella or the pilgrim passport its not the most important part. Might be a nice to have but all that matters is you enjoy your walk. Who cares what others think. If you have to take the taxi or uber its up to you. I am doing the last 114km in october. I have servel health issues therefor i will only mostly walk like 15km a day and have lugguage transerf and not use allbergues but hotels or pensions. The worst on this trips ppl often do is thinking to much instead just enjoying it. And never think of other what they my think its your way. So good luck for your next try.

Don't overthink walking the Camino so much and get your mind all filled with drama and angst. There's no reason to do so. It's just walking. Something we do all our lives once we get up off all four as an infant. I've walked the Camino eight times. Different routes, different times of year. It's my spiritual and physical fix. Just keep it simple. Pack simple and light and prepare physically before you go. Don't depend upon walking the Camino to get you in shape. The Camino isn't a hike, and not a true backpacking trip. It's simply a long series of walks between cities and towns. It's not austere or primitive anymore. I also don't recommend walking with any type of ear/headphones and listening to music. 24:37 It can be a dangerous thing to do as you cannot hear approaching cars or bicycles. Ultreia

Love your video ❤

This is so very beautiful! Thank you for sharing your journey!

Its the evening of Dec 25th 2023 and im watching your Camino video. Ive walked 6 Caminos with sole mate who has recently passed i thought i would never walk another Camino without her. However after coming home from a friend's house and finding your Camino im so happy to say i will walk the Camino frances in 2024. I will carry her heart in my heart. Buen Camino

I can relate. I did the Frances too and it was life-changing and then two years later went to do the Portugues expecting it would be the same sort of experience. I walked so far, each day hoping that I would discover some of that magic and community feeling that I found so easily on the Frances, but it wasn't happening. The comparison between the two is the killer. The Portuguese route can't really compete with the Frances on the beauty of its scenery or the variety of landscapes and cities it passes through. It's always going to feel like the cheap off-brand Frances if you try to compare them that way. I saw my pilgrimage out in the end, though I came close to quitting a couple of times. By the end of the route I'd discovered that elusive camino community I'd so longed for, and a friend commented in Santiago as I walked in the streets and bumped into so many people I'd met from the route that I seemed to know everyone on our route! It only all changed when in utter desperation I cried out to God and admitted that I was pushing all my projections and expectations onto this route and not just letting it be what it was. I prayed to have that all taken away and in a matter of an hour or two it all seemed to turn around... old people reappeared, new friends were made, the community came together in a way it had never until that point. Perhaps I was the bottleneck in letting the joy flow into that camino. Thanks for sharing your story. There's no right or wrong. You sound at peace with your decision to do something else and that's good.

Your struggles are personal. The camino just brought them to the surface.

Loved seeing you back out there after the other video. One thing age teaches you is to try again and again when you hit a wall. Good to see your enjoyment.

Your honest commentary is lovely. I’m planning for 2024, possibly with a daughter or two or 3🙏🏼-before I turn 75. I’m going to look for your Camino frances video.❤ You’re a beautiful woman. Thanks for this video.

Thank you for the gift of the Welsh word. And the Alchemist. I just started it and I am also listening to the pilgrimage. One day at a time. Breathe!!!

Great video. I wonder what was the cost for rental and gas for the week.

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Nagela, I finally managed to watch the second half of your documentary after I had to delay it while in Berlin. I LOVED watching it!!! I found your comments touching and often poetic, giving me a feeling of being right there beside you in that beautiful nature. Tears came to my eyes when you arrived in Santiago. It was so emotional even just watching you and hearing your thoughts on my little mobile screen! Now all I want is to go walking there again as soon as possible. 😊Thank you for sharing your wonderful experience ❣️🙏

Which month was this? I've watched several camino de Portugues videos and the route/scenery does improve eventually. Perhaps you should have taken a bus or train beyond the suburbs to begin the walk.

I hear so many people that have taken this journey, return home, and the expectation is with what they are dealing with backhome. They are now faced with dealing with reality, and accepting certain situations they have no control over. They want to return to the pilgrimage so that they can leave their mundane lives behind and be free. Guessing it's different for everyone.

I thought 30 days was a long time, but I am watching day 49, and you are still going. That is amazing.

Your route was very challenging. ...all the best to you.

I saw your beautiful smile, and I wanted to watch your video of your journey. All the best.

Love seeing this from a black woman. I’m spontaneously planning to go in two weeks from london with no planning. Did you book all your accommodation before hand ?

Thank you for this poetic, vulnerable, spiritual and enchanting description of your journey... you have a true gift of storytelling... encaptivating

Thank you for sharing your very emotional story. I felt the joy with you, the pain, I cried with you. Your very own Camino inspires me. My one will start in May 2024. I learned a lot from you. Keeping on, coming over the struggles that are surely waiting for me. Again, Thank you. ❤

Hey there, thank you so much. I just wanted to let you know I’m in Torres del Río on day 5 of my Camino. You inspired me to take the leap ❤

Hey that was great. I think you make a great point when you say the camino wont solve all your r problems. A

Great video. I am feeling stunned by how you made a salad without the bowl and just opened the bag. #gamechanger.

You are such a beautiful person 🥲I'm so impressed with the way you express yourself---so eloquent and loving and sincere. I also walked the Camino Frances in mourning of my Dad's death, and am about to go walk the Portuguese with my mom. Super nervous about comparing this very different Camino with my experience on the Frances. This was so helpful, thank you!!

Before last Thursday I knew nothing (literally and seriously) of this pilgrimage. Thursday evening I "randomly" saw a thumbnail of someone walking 500 miles and it intrigued me! After watching the stories of several people, I want to gooooo for this transformative experience! It's right up my alley! I came across your video this morning, and it was refreshing to see a (mainly) solo woman of color taking the trek. I just wondered if we were out on the hiking streets of France, Spain, and Portugal. 🙂 I am going to check out any other videos you may have on this, but in case I don't find them, I really (really) want to know your hotel/hostel names and/or locations because I know I will prefer private rooms. This seems better for me as I quiet myself after such a journey each day. Woohooo....I am looking into August 2024. Let the planning begin. 🙂 Thank you very much for sharing, and Godspeed.

Wow, beautiful... you are so beautiful and amazing. Truly inspiring... I cheered for you as ran your way in to Santiago... I cried with you as you sat in front of the Cathedral. Inspiring and so beautiful ❤

Such a good video,did not like the camino portugese as well after walking the frances last year..felt alone,lot of pavement...was so different...

Your Documentary is like a warm "blankie" that I cuddled up into. I am going next year , May 2024... I love the tone of your voice, your choice of words, your honesty, your beauty. You weren't trying to make a show...no "smash & hit the like button" energy... Just good down to earth content.Thank you so much...

This was beautiful. Thank you for sharing your journey with us. xo, Aurora

I haven't yet done a Camino. Someday I think I will. As something I've long been interested in doing, I've likely watched several hundred if not thousands of videos. I really appreciated watching Nagela's story. It brought home that a Camino is a personal journey and not 'one-size-fits-all'. So much of the Camino-related content on RUclips seems to fit almost a stereotypical mold of what a Camino is. It was refreshing to hear from Nagela a much more personal real story. I do think it helps me and for that I''m thankful. I was very pleased to hear at the end that she still had some wonderful experiences.

WHAT! A! PLEASURE! finding your channel. Thank You!

I appreciate your honesty. You have done an amazing amount of self reflection. It took courage to share that with us. I wish you a Bon Camino in the future.

So vulnerable and brave, thank you for sharing your beautiful journey

Thank you enjoying your camino story. hope all is well!

What a lovely story.