Ola!
On the 5th of June 2010 Theresa and I will start a new adventure. The Mystery Pilgrimage is a combination of walking the Camino in Spain and attending a Mystery school in Austria. It is a combination of a traditional pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela and a contemporary spiritual event in Salzburg.
The aim is the same: inner freedom.
Although I expect not to write to much while going through the personal experience, the new technology (in the form of a smart and wonderful Android Nexus one) makes it possible to share the Mystery Camino experience almost in real time. You can follow our journey from day to day on these websites:
1. Pictures on a map: While making a picture on the Mystery Pilgrimage, the phone registers the location. While uploaded to the webalbum, the pics are automatically mapped. You can view them as a slideshow or directly on the map. Pictures can be uploaded immediately after making them, so it’s a quick and visual way to follow our progress on the camino.
2. Mapping our tracks: Every day “My Tracks“, an android app by Google, is recording our walking position every 100m (or 10m if the battery allows so). Stages will be uploaded to this map on the evening of every stage. A simple and easy way to literally see where we are going.
3. Statistics about the journey: The same app uploads all the data (distances, speed, elevation,… ) to a published Google spreadsheet. On the “log” sheet you find data for every stage while the “stats” gives an overview for the whole journey. Only for data lovers.
We will walk from St. Jean Pied de Port (France) to Santiago, from the 5th of June till the 7th of July 2010. With the help of Godesalco we could plan the different stages ahead. This plan is not carved in stone. We made up our mind not to hurry and listen inside when and where to go. It is even possible we will take sometimes a bus.
With the data available at Godesalco I could create an overview map of the complete camino. Because Google maps does not represent all the data at once, the map looks nicer in Google Earth. Just open this .kml file to fly over the Camino.
You can also open the other maps mentioned above directly in Google Earth:
- For the picture map save this text in a file with .kml extension and open the file.
- For the tracks map open this .kml file in Earth.
After the camino we attend a Mystery School in Salzburg. This event is organised by the Crimson Circle. The main goal of the Crimson Circle is to open up and inspire consciousness. We are looking forward to meet and share our energies with fellow Shaumbra.
Buen (virtual) Camino!
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