Down to Egypt: Gandia to Valencia

A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil, that good may come of it... We are too ready to retaliate, rather than forgive... And yet we could hurt no man that we believe loves us. Let us try then what love will do: for if men did once see we love them, we should soon find they would not harm us. Force may subdue, but Love gains: and he that forgives first, wins the laurel.
William Penn

Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations wherever you come; that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them; then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone...
George Fox

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Gandia to Valencia

Found a palm grove 2k south of Cullera to camp in

Cullera

The way north from the lighthouse in Cullera

Finally got that timer working on the camera

A nice place to camp for the night just before entering El Perello, a village some 20k south of Valencia

l'Albufera, a scenic lake south of Valencia

After a 25k walk, arriving at Valencia's 'Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciencies'

1 comment:

WijnandApril 7, 2012 at 1:07 AM
Gotta stop checking up on you. Spoiler-alert :)
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What this is all about

I am a Quaker whose intention was to walk from Portugal to Egypt for peace.

Between November, 2011 and January, 2013, I walked some 5500 kilometers from Portugal to Istanbul, Turkey. I hitchhiked from Istanbul to Iskenderun, Turkey, then caught a ship to Haifa, Israel, where I was denied entry. I continued with the ship to Port Said, Egypt, where I began walking once again, to Cairo, and to the Giza pyramids. I then took a bus to Dahab, then Taba, Sinai, to try to enter Israel again. Once again I was denied entry. I'm in Dahab now, ready to leave Egypt and end this walk.
While I have made most of the walk alone, I have also walked with others; with some for an hour or two, with others for days or even months; most notably with my daughter, Olivia, and with a friend at the time, Inge.