Still misty but very good for walking
Fuchsias
Flowers
Road crossing
Fuente
Bar on the main road
Village
Arca: cafetria
Flowers
Path through the eucalyptus forest
with the runway of Santiago airport nearby
The brass plates give the distance (to the nearest metre!) to the centre of Santiago, and read 3 km. or so higher than the series carved into the stone which we have been relying on for the last 150 km. But Santiago is now very close!
Karina celebrating her entry into the metropolitan Santiago area
Flowers
Hotel with English pilgrims
Church
House railings with scallop shells
Lavacolla: the cemetery
The radio and television station
Annette from Holland making friends with the local inhabitatnts
The monument at the top of Monte del Gozo
First view of the towers of the cathedral of Santiago, the end of the Camino
The main square of the very large refugio at Monte del Gozo, built for the Holy Year in 1993
Overall view of the refugio, which is very well organsied with excellent facilities and small dormitories sleeping 8 people
Ceramic panel commemorating the Pope's visit to Santiago
Sign in the refugio which expresses how many of us felt after all those kilometers - legless!
The road sign at the entry to Santiago
Good camino signs to guide you in to Santiago
and a knight of Santiago to greet you
The streets of the city
The final objective - the Pilgrim Office where they examine you "credencia" the stamps of all the refugios you have stayed at, and (if you have walked at least the last 100 km or cycled the last 200 km give you your "compostela" to certify that you have completed the Camino