Maliaño

This was a great last walking day! The scenery was just as marvelous as the people that I walked with. (James, Andrew, Gill, Belle, Everette, and Sam). The day started with a bit of rain and I was happy to be able to use my rain jacket I had been lugging along. To the disliking of James, Andrew, and I we did not get our typical second breakfast but it was not a big issue by any means. At one point we walked along the path that had cliffs on the one side and corn fields on the other. We found a steep winding trail down the cliff to a cove of sorts and stopped for a swim. Luckly no one fell and we were back on the path pretty quickly. We walked along the beach for a long time today. It was nice to take our shoes off so the salt water would wash over our legs. Some kind gentleman saved us from walking way to far along the bach and missing our turn off, saving us an extra 10ish kms. We took a ferry across the inlet and finally arrived in Santander. It is a much larger city than I imagined it would be. The hostel was nice and we were just in time to get beds for all of us. The man running the hostel seemed annoyed with nearly everything people did. He was actually very nice, but James said it best when he said he had a greay heart but horrible manners. Andrew had to use his spainish skills to diffuse an argument between the host and Timothy. But all was good in the end. It had been a shorter day walking despite it feeling long. We had some difficulty finding somewhere for lunch but that was expected for the size of our group and we walked a on the waterfront and saw a castle. And checked out the surf beaches. After a lovely dinner of french fries and "nachos" of sorts we concluded the last day of walking.Read more