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Turigrino: a portmanteau of tourist and peregrino (Spanish for pilgrim)

Person A and Person B walked the Camino de Santiago from Leon onwards in April/May of 2018. People walking the Camino are called pilgrims or peregrinos in Spanish. At the end you get a certificate of completion but only if you’ve walked at least 100km. Consequently, hordes of tourists start from the town of Sarria which is just outside the 100km mark. In a hilarious effort to shame them someone put the graffiti “JESUS DIDN’T START IN SARRIA” on the side of one of the plinths with the subtext “TURIGRINOS” (a mashup of “tourist” and “peregrinos”). And thus, a legend was born.

Person A is a former backpacking instructor and leader for the Mountaineers and an unaccomplished landscape photographer and blogger. His interests are backpacking, photography, and gear.

Person B is still thinking about her bio. Her interests are backpacking, meal planning, international travel, and gear.

Person A and Person B got married (to each other) after meeting in the Mountaineers’s Backpacking Building Blocks (B3) course. Their more noteworthy trips include the Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu (courtesy of Miyar Adventures) as well as the last third of the Camino de Santiago.

While they are by no means professionals, they hope that you can learn a thing or two from them on their journey to ultralight backpacking nirvana.

Note: there are a lot of links on this website. Sadly, none of them are referral links. I know how much everyone loves those but I have a day job and don’t need the money – the links are actually just there to help you find things. Crazy, I know.

Hate mail only: person.a@turigrinos.com