Monday, June 25, 2018

To Obanos

After a well appreciated day of rest in Pamplona we made our way to Obanos, a 24km hike that had us on the road for 10 hours. It wasn’t so much the terrain, which was up and down with stretches walking on baseball sized loose rocks, but rather we took our time and several longer breaks.
Who is in a hurry? Alto del Perdón is on a high ridge with a strong breeze and provided a welcome spot to rest after a long climb. We met up the Korean band again and were extras in a video for their documentary, part of a line of pilgrims marching behind the drummer. Fun!

The rest of the walk was uneventful but hot. Again we took our time, arriving at our algergue around 5:30. It’s very nice and obviously recently built. As it turns out we are the only pilgrims staying here do have the run of the place. We attempted to make an ATM withdraw but again failed, as in Pamplona. This happened to us last time too, so not too worried yet. We will look for a Santander ATM down the road, we had good luck with those last time here. After a good sleep we are leaving early to try and get ahead of the heat.

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