Day 33 Eucalyptus

Day	33
Date	Oct 11
Start	Arzua
End	O Pedrouzo
Distance	22km
Elevation+-	1100ft
Sleep	Pension Recuncar

Heavy rain until 10:00. We delayed our start until 10:30 which is 3 hours later than normal. Mostly avoided the rain.

As we get closer to the destination the various trails merge. Today camino north merged with ours. Tomorrow all remaining trails merge.

Eucalyptus grows wild in this part of the camino.  Many people prefer this smell to the other prominent smell - cow.

Throughout Spain we noticed that replanted forests have trees in nice neat rows.

To get our certification of the camino you need a pilgrims passport with stamps. Most churches, cafes and hotels have stamps. For the last 100km the minimum stamps per day is doubled in an attempt to cut down on bus and taxi use.  In the middle ages fake certificates was a cottage industry so the odd person taking a short cut isn't new.

Sometimes there are good reasons to take a cab.  Some pilgrims we got to know taxied around the 3 mountain passes because they just could not physically cross them. If all the hotels are full on trail,  taxi off trail is a fallback. 

20km to go.