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In October 2009, I walked the Camino de Santiago on foot and alone. It is a route that run by pilgrims from Spain and many other countries around the world to reach the city of Santiago de Compostela, to worship the relics of St. James the Greater . There are many paths to the same goal which is Santiago de Compostela, I took the "French Way" and walked 780 km (497 miles) walk in a month. The Camino de Santiago has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site; European Cultural Route by the Council of Europe and has received the honorary title of High Street in Europe. In the last week of the Camino, I reached my wife Alejandra on the town of O´Cebreiro, but during the other three weeks, my backpack and my camera were my companions. What is the importance of the Way? Why do it? ** The "way" is an old word that is present in all cultures, and immersed in one of the deepest symbols of humanity. The form shown in a mysterious and wonderful way, the essence of man and woman in itself: a life in transit, extending in perpetuity. ** Because this may not be strange that some religions have taken this word as sacred. Buddha with his "middle way. The Chinese Tao and" indescribable way "as well as in the Old Testament the path appears approximately 880 times in his OT pages. ** An excellent historical evidence is that the road has symbolized and still does, a peculiar energy, all the profound meaning of "homo viator" the men and women who are hungry to make a mark in this life, and they want travel to the limits of their beings. ** Andres Torres Queiruga excerpt from his book: Camino de Santiago: journey inside oneself.