Down to Egypt: From Miami Beach, Through the Delta, to Miami Beach

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

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

From Miami Beach, Through the Delta, to Miami Beach

Platja Miami, near St Carles de la Ràpita

Into Delta de L'Ebre

The canal going through Amposta

Amposta, on the Ebro River

Following trekker's route GS92 along a canal in the delta

A friendly farmer who told me to take all the oranges I wanted from his grove

Back to the sea on GS92

Yeah, yeah, yeah

More of GS92, which was beautiful, but not ideal for an overloaded, middle-aged pilgrim

L'Hospitalet de l'Infant, or maybe L'Almadrava, someone help me out here!

My camp 20k south of Cambrils

A fellow wayfarer heading south and west, back to Extremadura

And Miami Platja, south of Cambrils

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AnonymousApril 19, 2014 at 10:05 AM
"L'Hospitalet de l'Infant, or maybe L'Almadrava, someone help me out here!"
The name of the village is l'Ametlla de Mar, also known by its habitants as la Cala
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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.