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Author: Jim Damico

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Visiting Jill & Syd in Leigh-on-Sea

by Jim Damico

Besides getting tourists’ photos, I took a trip to visit some Camino de Santiago friends, Jill and Syd at their home in Leigh-on-Sea in Sussex.

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Heading to London to visit my cousin and his family

by Jim Damico

Left Plum Village by train to Bordeaux where I caught a flight to London. I was going to spend a few days visiting my cousin, Jeff, and his family.

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Should I learn to speak French too?

by Jim Damico

Even though I was just beginning to get a handle on my Spanish while in Spain, I started to learn French. We’ll see if the languages help or hurt each other

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Touring Nalanda Monastery & Vajra Yogini Institute

by Jim Damico

My cousin Cynthia took a day off so she could take me to visit Nalanda (Buddhist) Monastery and the Vajra Yogini Institute just outside of Toulouse.

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My Cousin Cynthia is Getting Married!

by Jim Damico

6/17/07 St Lys France Well, it’s been a fun filled week here visiting my cousin Cynthia and her husband Jean-Yves. It took me a few days for my body to …

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A Second Time – Walking the Camino de Santiago Again

by Jim Damico

My plans had kind of fallen apart. I was in Spain for 6-months. What to do? Walking the Camino de Santiago had been wonderful before, so why not do it again!

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Fellowship of the Chainring – Biking on the South Island of New Zealand

by Jim Damico

Biking the South Island of New Zealand with my friend Mike and his brother, George. For 3 weeks in January’06, we biked and might have got into some mischief.

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Chasing Windmills – Learning Spanish in the Land of Don Quixote

by Jim Damico

Spent 10-week studying Spanish in Malaga at a school near the beach. And took some side trips to Granada and Morocco. What better way to learn Spanish.

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Lewis, Clark & Jim – Biking the Lewis & Clark Trail

by Jim Damico

To celebrate the 200th anniversary, I retraced the Lewis & Clark Trail. I rode west through eleven states and more than 3300-miles west to the Pacific Ocean.

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¡Siempre Arriba! Always Up! – A Pilgrimage Across Spain

by Jim Damico

Since 814AD, when legend has it that a hermit found the tomb of St. James, people from all walks of life have made the pilgrimage to the cathedral in Santiago …

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My name is Jim and I am a PCV in Armenia. But I have also served in Thailand, Mongolia, and Nepal. I set up this website to help others. For more info about this site click here.

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OTHER ADVENTURES

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