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I dropped everything to do Santiago's way

900 kilometers by foot, alone, and without a phone

by Cesare Deserto
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If you have decided to walk the Camino de Santiago or if you dream of wanting to do it sooner or later, thanks to this book you will discover why every year, 300,000 people from all over the world decide to tackle the most famous way in the world. If you, like me, have always dreamed of giving up everything, aware that the life you lead is not the one you dreamed of as a boy, perhaps my experience could give you the courage that I have lacked for 36 years...

By reading this book you will discover:

  • the history of the journey (historical notes, symbols and legends) and symbolic places;

  • suitable clothing and shoes, which backpack to buy and above all what to put inside;

  • duration and distance of the journey, how many days it takes to complete it and from where to start based on the days available;

  • how to train before leaving and the necessary physical preparation;

  • how much it costs to walk it, where to eat and sleep along the Way;

  • if walking the path alone can be dangerous for a woman and if there is the possibility of getting lost;

  • the answer to so many questions and concerns (which were also mine) posed by so many aspiring pilgrims and my email address where you can contact me to dispel all your doubts/hesitations;

  • finally, I'll tell you why a journalist and radio host gave up his entire life made up of comfort and materiality, to travel over 900 km on foot from the Pyrenees to the Atlantic Ocean, alone and without a phone, sleeping as well as in various hostels, even on the street, in a stable, in a tent, in an abandoned monastery and living two days in a hippie community.

    My journey is different from those told in many other books: I didn't bring any technological tools with me but only my video camera to document everything. I didn't leave because I wanted to take an alternative vacation, but I gave up my job and my life to find myself. I left alone and arrived at my destination alone, unlike the others who had the same experience. I covered every single meter on foot, I never skipped a stop by bus or taxi, I never entrusted my backpack to the shuttles. In every kilometer there is all my sweat and my determination. At the end of each chapter you will find a QR code that will direct you directly to the video of that section (available with subtitles of the major languages ​​spoken in the world). In addition, there are 143 photos that will make this wonderful experience even more alive and special.

    .... "I gave up my job, left home, sold my car, motorbike, clothes, my rolex and most of the material things I owned to follow that almost nagging, asphyxiating, undaunted feeling that once you get to know it doesn't let you find peace: SANTIAGO, the Camino de Santiago. My life needed answers that only a journey in complete solitude could give me" ....

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