Camino Day 36: Arzúa to Lavacolla

Total Distance: 30.1km
Step Count: 44.5k
Blisters to date: 2
Tortillas to date: 26

While it was a relatively early start to a long day, Lukas wasn’t feeling all that great so we were walking very slow. There wasn’t that many people on the trail and we stopped a every time one of us was craving something.

At one point the boys picked up the pace on a hill and we lost track of each other. After like 2 hours, Tommaso messages me their location saying that Lukas is feeling unwell. They had stopped at a cafe but I never saw them so I was already like 5km ahead. There wasn’t a doctor in the lil town where they were so we agreed they’d catch a taxi to O Pedrouzo (the next big town) and I’d meet them there. I was only like 45min away.

It turned out Lukas hadn’t been eating much the prior days leading to exhaustion and dehydration. In town, we accompanied him to the hospital but without insurance it was outrageously expensive to be seen so we just followed the guidance of the chemist and reassess in Santiago. 🏥

Tommaso was set on making it to Santiago that day and I was stopping at the km12 mark. Lukas couldn’t walk anymore so he decided to catch a cab to the town I’d be staying at and get some rest. It was 10km from where we were and he was doing ok so I went walking. I left him getting a bite to eat and we’d meet up at the Albergue. Luckily Mercedes found him shortly after I’d left so he had company the whole time.

The last 10km to Lavacolla (which literally means “wash the bum”) were so beautiful and I got another couple of really cool stamps!

When I got to the Albergue, Lukas was already out! He slept for like 5 hours straight, got up to go grab some dinner (the worst we ever had on the Camino) and then back to sleep. Poor thing 🤒

The day ended receiving messages from those in our group who were all arriving to Santiago that evening, so much shared joy! ⛪️

There were only 12km to go for us but they’d have to wait till the morning!Lue lisää