Camino de Santiago In Memoriam Yian Tze Ang

In June 2007, my friend Yian Tze Ang with Peter Chin and their son Julian, traveled to Spain and walked part of the Camino de Santiago, from Roncesvalles until Santiago de Compostella.

She kept a journal during this pilgrimage and published it on her Multiply site for her family and friends.

In December 2010, after a brave fight with cancer, she passed away.

Multiply is a free site, so there is no guarantee that this journal will be preserved for the future. Therefore I have, with permission from her children, extracted these journals from the Multiply site and converted them to Word documents. One document for each day of their pilgrimage.

Here is a map of the Camino, followed by Yian and her family. Click on a marker for a popup window with information about that specific day. Click on the link to download, or read online, the report for that day.

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On the Eve of the Camino de Santiago 2 June 2007 (Roncesvalles) --	DAY 1: Novices 3 June 2007 (Roncesvalles - Zubiri - Larrasoana) 27.5 km	DAY 2: A Serious Joke 4 June 2007 (Larrasoana - Pamplona - Uterga) 34.6 km
DAY 3: Cakes and a Bridge 5 June 2007 (Uterga - Puente de Reina - Lorca) 21 km	DAY 4: Vino Gratis 6 June 2007 (Roncesvalles - Zubiri - Larrasoana) 22 km	DAY 5: Feliz Compleanos 7 June 2007 (Larrasoana - Pamplona - Uterga) 20.4 km
DAY 6: Adios, Albert 8 June 2007 (Torres del Rio - Viana - Logrono) 20.5 km	DAY 7: Well-Rewarded 9 June 2007 (Logrono - Najera - Azofra) 36 km	DAY 7: DAY 8: Church Chooks 10 June 2007 (Azofra - Santo Domingo del Calzada - Granon) 23.5 km
DAY 9: Just Another Long Day's Walk 11 June 2007 (Granon - Belarado - Villafranca Montes de Oca) 28.7 km	DAY 10: Laid Low 12 June 2007 (Villafranca - San Juan de Ortega - Cardenuela Riopico) 24.6 km	DAY 11: Twin Towers 13 June 2007 (Cardenuela - Burgos - Tardajos) 23.6 km
DAY 12: Anybody there? 14 June 2007 (Tardajos - Hontanas - Castrojeriz) 30.1 km	DAY 13: Hola, Amigo! 15 June 2007 (Castrojeriz - Fromista - Poblacion de Campos) 28.7 km	DAY 14: Five Ringgit Showers 16 June 2007 (Poblacion - Villovieco - Villacazur de Sirga) 11 km
DAY 15: A Cruel Joke 17 June 2007 (Villacazur - Carrion - Terradillos de los Templarios) 31.9 km	DAY 16: All This to Ourselves 18 June 2007 (Terradillos - Sahagun - Calzada del Coto) 18.3 km	DAY 17: Who Took My Blanket? 19 June 2007 (Calzada - Reliegos - Mansilla de las Mulas) 31.7 km
DAY 18: Lion City 20 June 2007 (Mansilla - Leon) 18.4 km	DAY 19: Nothin' Doin' 21 June 2007 (Leon - Villadangos - San Martin del Camino) 27.2 km	DAY 20: A Slam in the Face 22 June 2007 (San Martin - Astorga - Murias de Richivaldo) 26.7 km
DAY 21: At the Cross 23 June 2007 (Murias - Rabanal - El Acebo) 32.6 km	DAY 22: A Castle 24 June 2007 (El Acebo - Ponferrada - Cacabelos) 31.5 km	DAY 23: Enemy Castle 25 June 2007 (Cacabelos - Villafranca del Bierzo - Vega de Valcarce) 24.6 km
DAY 24: Huffin'n Puffin' 26 June 2007 (Vega de Valcarce - Cebreiro - Hospital de Condesa) 19 km	DAY 25: The Monastery Stable 27 June 2007 (Hospital da Condesa - Triacastela - Samos) 29 km	DAY 26: A Casa Rural and a Dog 28 June 2007 (Samos - Sarria - Morgade) 25 km
DAY 27: A Town Submerged 29 June 2007 (Morgade - Portomarin - Ventas de Naron) 25 km	DAY 28: Farmyards and a Hotel 30 June 2007 (Ventas de Naron - Palas de Rei - Melide) 25 km	DAY 29: A Shared Meal 1 July 2007 (Melide - Ribadiso - Azua - San Irena) 30 km

These pages have been written by Yian after her return to Malaysia, in the period July-December 2007, based on the notes she took during the trip.

During that period she was diagnosed with a malignant tumor, and that may be the reason that the report remains unfinished; the last part, from San Irena to Santiago is missing.

As nowadays many of the "albergues" have Internet, she also wrote a blog during the pilgrimage, which you can read or download here.