Did the Camino Primitivo CHANGE MY LIFE? 🇪🇸 Final Thoughts on walking the Camino de Santiago
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- Did the Camino Primitivo CHANGE MY LIFE? This video is the conclusion of my journey on the Camino Primitivo, a 320 km hike through northern Spain.
In this video, I talk about my thoughts of the experience on the Camino de Santiago - Camino Primitivo route.
The Camino Primitivo is the original, the first Camino de Santiago and the path is from Oviedo to Santiago de Compestela.
This isn't a Camino de Santiago documentary. This is a video series that I made that documents my Camino Primitivo.
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Hey everyone, I just wanted to say thanks for watching this series of videos. It was a good challenge for me in many ways. If you're just discovering this series now, you can find the first video here: czcams.com/video/_SDKgsw-D-A/video.html
Now, onto a new adventure.
interesting series! what time of the year did you go?
I've watched through this series and honestly, I think your mostly negative view of it was down to you and no one else. Coffee and croissant doesn't really do it for you for breakfast? This is Spain, it's what we do. If it was so bad, maybe you could have made a sandwich from the many places you find along the way and had that instead? This is not Canada, or the UK where breakfasts are bacon, egg etc. Then you talk about your stolen walking poles but they weren't, the man kindly drove however many miles to give you them back. Did he have to do that? No. Then you choose to take one bad experience and then not stay in Alburgues again? That's your loss, it really is as that's where a lot of the good stuff happens and you meet people with great stories to tell and some of these places are centuries old! Finally, talking about the traffic of people. Please remember, YOU are the traffic too and a little bit of research before hand would have opened your eyes to this. I'm not sure what time of year you walked but this is a pilgrimage, not a through hike and while parts of it are beautiful, a big chunk is also just head down and grind it out. I just think your negativity and always questioning others was what made this less of a beautiful experience for you. It doesn't have to be spiritual, or religious, but just walk and be open minded. Like the look to the camera when you found out the horses were for meat but then sit down and eat meat or fish some place else without even questioning it. For me, your videos came across as you finding ways not to enjoy it, rather than embrace the differences and the culture around you and living life to the full. I hope you get to walk one of the Caminos again with a much more open mind and less expectation.
I so agree with you.
Although I very much enjoyed these videos, which were very professional, I disliked the attitude of many things. A little better research in advance would have made for a much better camino. Then perhaps another camino route would have been chosen - there are almost 50 to choose from.
There are no accidents, only appointments. Thank you for posting. Peace Out.
When things don't go as I thought they would I would reflect on the following to accept my perspective and change my mindset: Obstacles do not block the path. They are the path... I hope this is helpful to you and anyone reading the post ..
Thanks Jason for sharing your journey, I enjoyed it. And thanks for being honest about the experience. I can understand how one of the things you hated doing was filming the walk-bys. I subscribe to 165 youtube channels and my least favorite part of any of them is the walk-bys. For me, it’s because they are staged and again, for me, it actually takes away from the experience.
There are no coincidences, things happen for a reason. Thoughts become things. When your mind lets go and shifts into more of a neutral state, that’s when the magic happens. I think of my eyes more as projectors than receivers. Our eyes show us what our mind is most focused on.
And lastly, I’ll leave you with two quotes from Richard Bach’s book Illusions, The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah: “Don’t be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends”. And “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof”.
Be well and journey on! ☮❤😎
Thank you, beautiful quotes.
The definition of a pilgrimage:
A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life.
So I'm hearing you when you arrived in Santiago and was assaulted by the noise and chaos. Who wouldn't be?
I was actually thinking to myself each time you showed what you had for breakfast that pastries is the worst stuff to eat when doing physical activities. You needed protein like eggs to sustain you. Food is probably the most important factor in those distance walks and it's a shame that you didn't get it.
But it was great joining you along your way and look forward to the next one 👍.
Thanks
My wife and I did the Primitivo three years ago and loved it until w got to Melide where it seems several routes converge and also school and coach parties start the walk to Santiago. What we did was to not leave too early. That gave time for the vast majority of pilgrims to have set off, we then found the walk reasonably pleasant to Santiago. The scenery all along the Primitivo is spectacular, the towns and villages interesting. If we were to do it again, we would take an alternate route from Malide to Santiago. We did it in two weeks, it was a vigorous and sometimes challenging walk, only because of the distances on some days. Overall verdict...Loved it. There are far more people on the Camino Frances!
It took me 15 days. I think we have similar opinions.
Thanks for your perspective and honest review of your Camino.
We enjoyed listening to your thoughts and feel very similar. We completed the French Way in Oct 2023.
What a journey. One you won’t forget. I felt for you in pain and with ur tooth issue. When that happens small things become huge. Onto the next challenge. I’ve enjoyed following your journey.
I have done the Frances 2 times set off on it 3 times. Twice it was life changing due to the people I met and how they helped me reflect on issues I had going on.
Third time I just wanted to be left alone. And it was no major change, or chatartic experience.
So I can totally relate to the "profound spiritual experience" point.
I started watching your videos in Mexico because my wife and I may try spending time there to get away from cold Canadian winters. I enjoyed the honesty of your videos and followed you to Spain. You seem somewhat lost in life's journey, not alone in that considering what has gone on the last 2 years or more, and I hope that you find what you're looking for. All the best from a Canadian searching for a warmer, less authoritarian second home.
Not lost but searching.
Good luck with your own search and let me know if you have any questions about Mexico. I'm out of the country to travel right now but returning very soon.
Thanks for the update, Jason. 🙂👍
You bet. Thanks for watching
It was interesting to hear your final thoughts on the Camino experience...thank you for sharing and thank you for all the effort that was put into documenting this trek. Looking forward to your next adventure!
Thank you
Congratulations on completing this journey.
Thank you so much 😀
My go to mentality is to try and hope for the best and expect the worst. Let things be what they will be without putting too much pressure on what other folks experiences of it were or what I wanted it to be, just try to take it for what it is now. I hope you still enjoyed the challenge.
Perhaps this was more of a social challenge than you were prepared for. I'm introverted as well and have been very isolated for about 8 years now, I've found that interacting with people when I wasn't expecting to really throws me off. I'm still trying to figure out how to be around people again as I come out of a very ugly thing I lived through without being "that weird girl", but it's not going well so far, so I can't offer any advice or tidbits to ponder, lol. I hope your next long distance walk will be a more enjoyable experience.
Thanks, yeah I agree. I think this was much more a social challenge for me than a physical one - although there were definitely parts of it that were physically challenging. I definitely prefer a quiet space and to have quiet time. Sharing a room at night and a crowded path at times was the most difficult part but just like the physical, it was worth the challenge.
@@TrailguidePictures Same here, it's all too easy to isolate myself though, lol. My hat's off to you, I cannot sleep with strangers in the room. It sounds like overall the walk gave you a few growing experiences. Thank you for being so honest and open during your trip, it's been very inspiring and may help some of us introverts try to venture out a little more. ☺
Loved your Camino videos, thoughts told calmly (well mostly, apart from the sticks issue) and honestly (without the sugar coating as you called it) . And, wow, the thoughts you expressed from 21.30....that could have been me speaking, but I would never be able to express my thoughts in such an eloquent and engaging way
Thank you.
Now I need to see what I said at 21:30 😅
Hi Jason. I was going to do the Frances, but was disappointed that it is so very, very crowded. So I turned to the Primitivo and found your video series. Thank you so much for doing it for us. I know that it must have been a pain to record it all, but it is very much appreciated. And the last video tied it all together for me. I still don't know what trail (pilgrimage) I will do, but you gave me a very good, honest perspective on the whole thing. It is frustrating that some people do it over and over, and only say great things about the Camino. It was very refreshing to hear an honest and objective viewpoint. Again, thank you!
Glad it helped. In retrospect, I think the Primitivo would have been better for me if the had considered it just a long walk and didn’t have expectations for good food along the way or staying with people I could trust. As a walk, it was nice
Hola Jason, I'm taking my first steps on the Primativo, in about an hour, when I can drag myself out of my warm bed. It was brilliant to watch your video series & especially your honesty. But reading the comments I note you definitely divided opinion.
All the best to you on your future travels 😊
Nuevas aventuras. Disfrutate, amigo 🤙🙂🤘
Muchas gracias.
Good to hear you thoughts about your experience.
Thanks
Great to hear you sum up your journey. As a new subscriber to your channel (prompted from Simon, Bloke in Woods) I thought your story would be much more about the boots, socks, kit you carried etc. You know, what is in your first aid kit and so on, favourite backpack and the best lightweight corkscrew……….. But I really think I enjoyed your series more for NOT having any of that in. I did wonder what exactly the “quiet guy” was doing in Europe at all. People everywhere. That said, no bears, coyotes, mountain lions wolves for the most part in Spain…. Hope your next trek is fulfilling too.
Thank you
I love your honesty about this journey. So many CZcamsrs tried to make everything sound so Rosy and beautiful. It is refreshing to have you explain how you honestly felt about your trip.
Nice hearing your thoughts.
I like peace and solitude to.
Cheers
Thanks
About the amount of people, you did it in summertime, of course there will be lots of people. About breakfast, I don’t think that Spanish people are going to change their culture for every tourist from every place around the world just because they’re doing the Camino. I don’t like having breakfast with a huge coffee and meat, so if I’m going to Canada o USA, I have to accept that it’s a cultural thing, or otherwise I won’t go, or 🤔 maybe I can take a chef with me. At least you enjoyed the scenery 👏🏻👏🏻
It actually wasn't summer. I started the Camino the last week of May and walked for 15 days. Of course the people of Spain aren't going to change their culture 🙄 It's so funny how some viewers are sensitive to a critic and strangely often when I talk about food in different places.
We did it in October of 2019. Not many people on the walk. Yes there was a lot when they converge but it thins out after a few hours. The food was good but I was missing fruits and vegetables a lot of the time. I am not sure where you were eating but none of the food we ate was “bar” food. If was good and plenty of it. I don’t think I ate one pizza the three weeks we were there. I drank the local wine. And ate the local food. In my opinion you have to search out the places the pilgrims don’t normally go to
Good job. How many kms were you walking each day?
It’s nice to hear your thoughts about this journey. I especially enjoyed your inserts. Thankfully your camera wasn’t destroyed. Close one there. All experiences teach you things, even on a subconscious level. You learned about yourself and what is important, bad, good or just soaking up the energy along the way from the living earth. I’d like to believe that anyways. Maybe it was what you needed for your bucket list. Great video series and thank you for sharing it all. 😎
Thank you.
Yeah, the Camino wasn't what I expected but like I mentioned in the video I think my expectations and those of others played a role in some of my disappointment but all up it was a good experience and I'm lucky I had the opportunity to walk on this path for a while.
@@TrailguidePictures I’m just imagining all that walked before you as far back as the early days of Spain. It does carry good energy from everyone’s heart because of good intentions. Thank you for your reply.
@@valyd45 I'm not so sure but it's a nice idea.
Thank you for your honesty here and the face of some blatant disappointment, or disillusionment. I'm planning my first Camino (possibly on this route) for May and it seems I should abandon any expectations.
I think abandoning expectations is probably the most important.
Thamks for your honest opinion.
I've considered doing the Primitivo too, also beacuse it's the least populated and most 'wilderness' like. But I'm not sure it's for me. I like people, but I don't like them that much.
Ideally I'd be doing a pilgrimage through Alaska with comfortable accomodation at the end of every day, but that's probably asking a bit much.
For me it's about the walking and countryside, not the social aspect. I'm currently looking for alternatives. Maybe the Via de la Plata but by bike.
One on my wish list is Te Araroa. Seems we’re on the same page, might be worth checking out
When did you start the Camino month??
GRACIAS POR COMPARTIR ESTAS REFLEXIONES. PUEDO SENTIR LA SINCERIDAD DE SUS EXPERIENCIAS DEL CAMINO. USTED ES VALIENTE.
MI ABUELA LOGRO EL CAMINO FRANCES EN EL 1920, MI MADRE EN EL 1949.
PARTIERON DE CUBA, ABUELA EN BARCO, MI MADRE EN AVION. AMBAS MOTIVADAS POR LA RELIGION CATOLICA. EN UNA EPOCA MUY DIFERENTE... DIFICIL.
MI VIDA HA ESTADO LLENA DE ANECDOTAS Y EXPERIENCIAS SOBRE EL CAMINO DE PRIMERA MANO.
EN LA ACTUALIDAD TRATO DE OBTENER TODA LAS EXPERIENCIAS, VIDEOS Y RESUMEN POSIBLES SOBRE ESTE DESAFIO. EL SUYO HA SIDO ESPECIAL, POR MUCHAS RAZONES.
GRACIAS OTRA VEZ.
De nada y gracias por tu comentario. Es un placer compartir la experiencia y estoy feliz de que hayas ganado algo al mirar.
I'm Spanish and I feel you bro. Food in Spain sucks, specially breakfast. The bloody spanish breakfast in bars is horrible. You can only eat massively sugary crap like industrial pastry, cookies, napolitanas and all the sh*t. No chance of proper food. If you happen to need energy for work or walk then you will have a sugar drop soon. Additionally our coffee is the worst in the world by far. Specially the one in cheap bars. Even our bread is crap. Don't listen to those spaniards saying "this is spain that's what we do". That's what third world people do. Eating awful, forcing you to eat awful.
When did you start your walk?
Very end of May and into June.
@@TrailguidePictures Thanks. Appreciate you honesty in reviewing your Camino.
I suggest making your own "Camino". Pilgrimages don't need to be religious.
Consider Asia as a destination for one of these walks. Eastern religion is not as confrontational or conflict driven as Western religion.
Well, these types of hikes aren’t really for me. More like a road walk than anything else. I don’t think the religion of an area has much to do with anything
Mo need to apologize. Sometimes o
No need to apologize for not enjoying the crowds. You would anticipate better food. Annoying travel people who you cannot trust is frustrating !!
Keep moving to another trip in another area. Your videos are trusted to tell the truth about an area region country state and province. I thank you, we all thank you for your reporting.
Warren from Western Canada.
Thanks. I feel the same way but there are a lot of people who get offended if I don't paint a pretty picture of the places I visit.
I think it didnt move you much, because you did not commit to the spiritual and religious spirit because you were to busy filming the whole journey. Forgetting to absorb the experience and keep everything in your mind and not in a video memorycard.😉
Interesting. What if I was a painter or poet, kept a journal?
@@TrailguidePictures Its the same. When you do something, with the purpose of showing the the world about it. You have your focus on that, and not what the journey is about. Self awareness and thus not commiting to the inner spirit. Think about it. If you did the journey with no camera, no phone. Just you and your mind. Bring a paper journal reflecting on the day and writing it down in it. Then you would focus more on you and not thinking about, how to film this or that.🤔
That sayed, I liked your videos very much. And for that I give you a 👍🏻😉
Brother just go move to an island by yourself and call it a day. 🤦♀️