A love of people, cultural exploration, travel and adventure has led to one of the most memorable and transforming experiences of my life. From what seemed to be two interesting trips to Bangkok, Thailand, one in the year 2004 in November and December, just before the tsunami, and then in early part of 2005 just after the tsunami, would be the beginning of a series of events that are still unfolding today.
I would never have guessed that on the plane ride to Bangkok in 2005 when I spoke to one man on the plane whose name is Robert MADRID that I would experience for the last 8 years a series of Synchronistic events connected to El Camino de Santiago, Galicia and Spain.
One year later, in 2006, when a new friend from Thailand, Kevin Reilly who was introduced to me by Robert Madrid, flew to Los Angeles and on his drive down the coast he decided to stop at a library and bought for me a very special book as a gift that has forever changed the course of my life. The book was by Shirley MacLaine titled “The Camino – A Journey Of The Spirit”.
Global Pilgrims is blog where I will share some of my wonderful Synchronistic experiences along with fellow pilgrims of the “What”, “Why”, and “How” the Camino has touched and transformed our lives.
I am excited to hear your stories and learn of the synchronistic connections that the Camino has brought into your lives. As they say “once you camino your life will never be the same, as well as, once you finish the camino your real camino begins”.
With every good wish!
Smiles From The Camino,
susan r mann
susan@globalpilgrims.com
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As I plan next years walk from Le Puy, I love to read the experiences of other pilgrims. They bring back so many emotions from last year’s walk along the Norte.
Thank you for your thoughtful and kind comment. Yes the stories of others camino journeys inspires me and I love learning and sharing all that the camino brings into our lives 🙂 Bo Camiño! I also have other camino related blogs if you are interested: http://www.elcaminodelvino.com, http://www.bocamino.com, and http://www.gastrocamino.com 🙂 Here’s to more exciting camino journeys!!!
Thank you for your blog! I made my Camino from October to December this year, including Finisterre and Muxia! uff! I have a modest page on FB. and I shared your pictur, I hope is ok with you. Best Regards and Buen Camino! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Camino-de-Santiago/332604946768448?ref=hl
Hola Oscar thank you for inviting me to join your Camino de Santiago Community Facebook Page. I thank you for your kind comment and interest in the blog. I look forward to sharing more pilgrim stories and camino happenings 🙂 Bo Camiño. I also have other blogs related to the camino in different areas if you are interested: http://www.elcaminodelvino.com, http://www.bocamino.com, and http://www.gastrocamino.com 🙂
Wow – sounds like a great blog you have here! We are currently on the Camino… in Sarria now before the last bit and we have had such an extraordinary experience – we want the Camino to live on well into our lives…. so it is a blessing to read you write that “the real camino” is yet to come for us 🙂
Oh and by the way… we met a fellow pilgrim who said to us, “There are no such things as coincidences…” and another who said to us, “You don’t choose to do the Camino. It chooses you!” So along with your ” a series of synchronistic events”, we will be going home with a different outlook on our experience on the Camino to what it was when we first started 🙂
Susan, I too, love hearing about what brought the Camino into people’s lives, and about how it transformed and continues to transform their lives. The story of how I came to walk the Camino Francés this summer can be accessed via the link to my site, Sometimes She Travels. Thank you for sharing your experience. 🙂