Triacastela

Laguna De Castilla – Triacastella 24km.

Today I woke up about 6:30 am and everyone in my dorm was getting ready to go. I lay there for another half hour til most of them had cleared.

Got a bite of breakfast in the cafe downstairs and set off on the 24km trek to the top of the mountain and then all downhill to Triacastela. we crossed into the province of Galicia which is a much more colourful place with lush green forests and clear blue skies.

I caught up with KH Kim who was in my dorm last night and we walked together all day discussing all sorts.

It was an easy enough climb to O Cebreiro but the downhill never ended until we got to Triacastella.

I got into Triacastela about 1pm and checked in a super little albergue called Atrio. Got cleaned up and went to get a meal at Restaurant Esther where I got a pasta salad and a steak and chips. Yummy!

Then I went looking for a couple of beer and bumped into a bunch of girls I’ve met in different places along the way. Then the Australian guy I met in the laundrette in Astorga joined us along with about 5 or 6 others. We had quite a few drinks and some folk had a wee toke on some waccy baccy 🤣 It was so funny watching them all ‘float’ back in to us with their big cheesy grins!

Finished up about 10pm and went back to my room and fell asleep while writing this!

Just 18km tomorrow down another hill to Sarria where its expected to get a whole lot busier on the Camino. 5 more days should do it! Checking out!