Down to Egypt: From Zafra to El Puerto de Santa Maria

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

Friday, December 9, 2011

From Zafra to El Puerto de Santa Maria

Two of our four hosts in Zafra; Amanda from Scotland, Jess from the USA, and a friend

We saw a lot of these between Zafra and Seville

The Via de la Plata after the rain

Fording one of the streams across the Via de la Plata

This photo defines this entire pilgrimage

Goin south on the Via de la Plata

Countryside castle

Waiting at the door of an albergue

Seville

Angel, our Bulgarian host in Seville

The Guadalquivir

Always the rain

Our hosts in Utrera: Chris, from New Mexico, who had a long night, and Eszter, from Hungary, who didn't.

1 comment:

paulaJanuary 10, 2012 at 3:48 PM
I am really enjoying the photos along the way, Ken. Thank you for sharing them. <3
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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.