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Antas to Viana do Castelo: Portuguese Coastal Camino Day 5
The Portuguese Coastal Camino between Antas and Viana do Castelo is really starting to feel like a Camino.
Tim Mathis
3 min read
Apulia to Antas: Portuguese Coastal Camino Day 4
I feel like there should be more to say, but it's just another stage of more cruisy walking on the Coastal Camino, bouncing between beaches
Tim Mathis
2 min read
Vila do Conde to Apulia: Portuguese Coastal Camino Day 3
The Portuguese Coastal Camino between Vila do Conde and Apulia is doggone pleasant.
Tim Mathis
2 min read
Matosinhos to Vila do Conde: Portuguese Coastal Camino Day 2
In this introduction to the stages of the Portuguese Coastal Camino, I'm focusing on the stuff you actually need to know. You'll sort out...
Tim Mathis
3 min read
Porto to Matosinhos: The Start of the Portuguese Coastal Camino
Distance: 11 Km Terrain A flat city walk along the river after you descend the hill from the Cathedral. So, you’re starting your walk on...
Tim Mathis
5 min read
What do you REALLY need to know about the Portuguese Coastal Camino?
If you're interested in the Camino, and considering the Camino Frances, check my comprehensive guidebook "The Camino for the Rest of Us."...
Tim Mathis
8 min read
How I Prepared for the Coastal Camino Portuguese using Backyard Adventures.
If you're interested in a full guide to Camino de Santiago preparation with structured physical training plans and advice about emotional...
Tim Mathis
12 min read
The Essential Menalon Trail Guide: The Greece that you won’t find in Athens or the Islands.
Save money, experience the Peloponnesian, and avoid getting stranded on one of Europe's great underrated trails.
Tim Mathis
23 min read
18 books that you didn’t know were about pilgrimage, with very short reviews.
There are a lot of great books about the way that travel changes you. Some of them are recognized as classics about pilgrimage. Most...
Tim Mathis
3 min read
A Template for DIY Pilgrimage and Backyard Adventure: Lessons from an Urban Thru-Hike in Portland
Lessons about DIY pilgrimage, backyard adventures, and urban thru-hiking from a really long walk in Portland.
Tim Mathis
17 min read
The DIY Pilgrim: A checklist for transformative travel based on age-old pilgrimage principles.
In this series of articles about the GAP Month, I’ve pulled together core concepts to help you, dear reader, organize a travel experience...
Tim Mathis
7 min read
Go alone, but take people with you: Individual pilgrimage as a community endeavor.
Reflections from the Pacific Crest Trail about pilgrimage as both a solo endeavor and a community event.
Tim Mathis
16 min read
Travel is my church: Using ritual to turn your trip into a pilgrimage (Go on, make it weird!)
I know "ritual" can seem creepy, but embrace it. Do odd things. Watch your trip become life-changing.
Tim Mathis
13 min read
How to travel with intention: Deciding what your trip is going to teach you
It feels weird to talk about things like “setting intentions for your transformational journey," but such is life.
Tim Mathis
14 min read
Why do people go on adventures? It's so simple that even a child could understand.
Adventure serves the same purpose for adults as play does for children: to learn to be human.
Tim Mathis
9 min read
Pilgrimage means finding a place with a good story and moving your ass towards it.
We've introduced the concept of a GAP Month as a reliable framework for transformational travel. In short, it's a month of goal-directed...
Tim Mathis
13 min read
Take a month off and it'll change your life: Messing things up enough to make a difference.
If you’re going to travel, you might as well do it right. (Right?) That's why we're here. This is part two in a series on the concept of...
Tim Mathis
11 min read
84 of the world’s best long distance pilgrimage and adventure routes.
File under: GAP Month inspiration. We’re serving 1997 Angelfire realness around here, so I made this unwieldy in-no-particular-order...
Tim Mathis
2 min read
The GAP Month: How do you make travel life-changing?
The GAP Month: How to design your own transformative travel experience, based on centuries of pilgrimage wisdom.
Tim Mathis
8 min read
Taiwan Cycle Route 1: What English-speakers need to know to bike around Taiwan.
11 things you need to know to have a great time on Taiwan Cycle Route 1. This article is a “Part 2” of a series on Taiwan Cycle Route 1....
Tim Mathis
13 min read
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