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Sept 24 – Olveiroa to Finisterre

Sept 24 – Olveiroa to Finisterre; supposed to be a rainy day throughout the region; very comfortable night with just me & Hideki & nice shiny clean bathroom; hear him leave around 7ish; I’ve just about woken up at 7:15 & am reading about Trump idiot & NFL! What a moron!Careful not to eat pan napolitana in bed.Windmills like pedestal fansWeather awful – 12.3 kms stretch to Cee takes FOREVER!Meet Sandra & Bill again but they’re fast! They stay back at Cee.No news from Bonnie yet.By the time I reach Fisterre both my feet & shoulders are killing me!Get my compostela – meet Ben (am sure it’s for the last time) – take pictures! & a Spanish lady whose name I can’t remember – or where I met her!Take taxi Cándido for 12e to misty lighthouse (totally disappointing) & back! Hotel near Muxia exit costs a lot – 38.50 & so I land in casa Lopez – 20e for double room.Meet irritating Hans but he doesn’t want to go to the rude Hamburger place so he toodles off. Says he’s been to Lynchburg VA many times for 13 yrs because he used to work at some BIX nuclear power plant.Rude waiter – ni inglés! Have caña, veg sandwich & waffles for dessert – 7.60!Forget my way back and also name of place but luckily a woman I ask remembers it!​

awara badal

Awara - pronounced - aah-wah-raa is an Urdu word meaning wanderer or vagrant and "badal" - pronounced baa-thul (where the "th" has the sound made when saying "this" or "that") means cloud; When I lost my mother a few months ago I was devastated - everything that once held meaning for me - be it yoga or work or cooking or reading or running the house - became pointless and ceased to hold my interest. The only thing that (sort of) felt like an activity worth pursuing was walking - and miles and miles of it. As I was preparing for (what I hope) the first of many such walks I thought nothing describes the way I feel inside better than a "wandering cloud" - I felt like one and aspired to be one - and so a name was born. It also fit in with my aversion to having an online presence - awara badal - indicated my mood and my temperament without compromising any PII. And in a twisted punny way, what better way to be "in the cloud" than floating as one - blended anonymity and floating presence in one fell swoop!!!