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Day 4 Azambuja to Santarem

Posted on May 2, 2012 by greg

33 km. A long day. It was a nice sunny morning, and after walking through Azambuja and climbing over the railway line bridge, it was a pleasant walk along a quiet country lane eastwards. The Camino Portugués ( as well … Continue reading →

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Day 3 Vila Franca de Xira to Azambuja

Posted on April 30, 2012 by greg

18.4 km. I ws a bit stiff this morning. However it was a nice sunny day as I set off through Vila Franca. I set off in the wrong direction, not meeting up with the Camino route until I had … Continue reading →

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Day 2 Sacavem to Vila Franca de Xira

Posted on April 29, 2012 by greg

27 kilometres. Started by getting the train from our hotel to Sacavem, arriving at Sacavem about 8:45am. Walked along the river, and then it was quickly into a rural landscape (even though there were suburbs west and east of me). … Continue reading →

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Day 1 Lisbon to Sacavem

Posted on April 26, 2012 by greg

Only 13kms, and without our full rucksacks, but it’s a start. After getting our Credentials we walked from the Lisbon Cathedral walking thorugh Alfama, an old area of Lisbon. Narrow street and alleys. We stopped for lunch at Praca de … Continue reading →

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Vatican

Posted on April 19, 2012 by greg

We took the Metro (underground) to Vatican City. The Metro is somewhat of a disappointment after the efficient, clean Singapore system, but it got us there.  The crowds were enormous. Last visit had been in January some years ago when … Continue reading →

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Batam Island

Posted on April 17, 2012 by greg

We stayed until mid-afternoon on Batam Island, taking the ferry from Sekupang to Singapore and arriving about 5pm. We left our rucksacks in storage and went to Little India on the MRT for dinner. Then it was then back to … Continue reading →

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Training walk in Singapore

Posted on April 15, 2012 by greg

Mark offered to take us to a recreation area in Singapore. He runs an 11 km circuit around MacRitchie Reservoir most Saturdays and suggested that it would be good ‘training’ for us to walk it. I’m sure he was right … Continue reading →

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Singapore

Posted on April 13, 2012 by greg

We arrived late in Singapore, and took aTaxi to Mark and Kellys house in Singapore.  Nxt morning we did the usual tourist things, walked some of Orchard Road, went to Raffles, and ate lunch in Chintown. After that we were … Continue reading →

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