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John Sikora
United States
Приєднався 30 лис 2015
This channel is a series of videos from walks and astronomical observations. It contains varied content from a couple of Caminos (de Santiago, Portugues, and De La Plata) to cruise shots from the South American inland passage, to various local forest walks and driving trips to Alaska, NewFoundland and Labrador. Take a look and find something that you want to see or somewhere you want to go and please enjoy.
Happy New Year to all subscribers and here’s to hoping that we can explore, walk, and enjoy travel once again.
Happy New Year to all subscribers and here’s to hoping that we can explore, walk, and enjoy travel once again.
2023 03 15 Alpine to Big Bend Basin
Route goes through scrub land after Alpine and then into the Texas mountains into Big Bend National park - ending up at the Basin complex.
Chapters:
00:20 Google Tour
11:40 Video Log
Chapters:
00:20 Google Tour
11:40 Video Log
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Відео
2024 03 16 Basin to Boquillas
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Route goes from the Basin complex in Big Bend National Park to the Boquillas Canyon parking area. Nice views of the Sonoran desert. Chapters 00:20 Google Tour 04:51 Video Log
2024 03 16 Boquillas Canyon to Santa Elena Canyon
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Very scenic drive from Boquillas Canyon parking area back past the main park headquarters and on to Santa Helena Canyon parking area. Chapters 00:20 Google Tour 12:02 Video Log
2024 03 16 Santa Helena to Marathon
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Very scenic drive from Santa Helena Canyon to Marathon. Follows the Ross Maxwell scenic Drive and then to the west gate of Big Bend - then on to Alpine and Marathon through the Texas hills. Chapters: 00:20 Google Tour 10:19 Video Log
2024 03 17 Marathon to Abilene
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Not the most scenic part of Texas. Just open ranch land, oil derricks, and scrub. A little rain and fog didn't help this much either. Chapters: 00:20 Google tour 11:00 Video log
2024 03 18 Abilene to Tulsa
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Through the heartland of Texas and Oklahoma. Nothing spectacular but still a nice drive. Chapters: 00:20 Google Tour View 20:00 Video log
2024 03 19 Tulsa to Saint Louis
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Typical midwestern flat plains punctuated with some nice hills around southern Missouri. Not the most exciting part of the US but still a nice drive Chapters: 00:20 Google flyover 20:53 Video log
2024 03 20 St Louis to Chicago
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Illinois is just pretty flat. But, if you need corn, it's the place to be. I stopped recording when we got near Chicago. Didn't want to show rush hour traffic. Chapters: 00:20 Google flyover 24:47 Video Log
2024 03 13 Animas to El Paso
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Following Route 9 from Animas to El Paso. Follow the border wall through some very remote New Mexico desert land. Chapters: 00:00 Overview 00:20 Google Tour 22:43 Video Log
2024 03 13 Bisbee to Animas
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Nice desert terrain. Chapters 00:00 Overview 00:20 Google Tour view 12:30 Video Log
2023 02 11 Home to Des Moines
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Just a lot of farmland and expressways. Chapters 00:00 Overview 00:12 Google Tour view 04:55 Video Log
Des Moines to Kearney
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Travel from Des Moines to Kearney, Nebraska. Lots of American farmland. Chapters 00:00 Overview 00:12 Google Tour view 11:57 Video Log
2024 02 13 Kearney to Denver
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Flatlands of Nebraska followed by some early signs of the mountains as you approach Denver. Chapters 00:00 Overview 00:12 Google Tour view 06:49 Video LogChapters
2024 02 16 Denver to Moab
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Once you get out of Denver proper, this is a very scenic mountain drive to Moab. Chapters 00:10 Google Overview 20:22 Actual footage of drive to Moab
2024 02 17 B Monument Valley
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Road view from the northern end of US 163 to the end of US 163 in Monument Valley. Very scenic route Chapters 00:00 Overview 00:20 Google Tour view 04:24 Video Log
2024 02 19 Grand Canyon to Sedona including Oak Creek Canyon
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2024 02 19 Grand Canyon to Sedona including Oak Creek Canyon
2024 02 19 Montezuma Well to Scottsdale
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2024 02 19 Montezuma Well to Scottsdale
Grand Africa Voyage Fort Lauderdale to Maputo
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Grand Africa Voyage Fort Lauderdale to Maputo
Grand Africa Voyage Maputo to Fort Lauderdale
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Grand Africa Voyage Maputo to Fort Lauderdale
is there a stage 2? Wonderfully done
@@dgale1023 Yes, it’s the next video in the series.
John, thank you for you video walk on the Camino. I have now watched the complete set of videos. Hopefully I can walk it myself in 2026. Having avoided doing the Frances in preference of the Portuguese and Del Norte, I believe I need to start at St Jean Pied de Port. Thanks again
Thanks for watching. I'm about to start the Del Norte from LLanes to Santiago. It gets tougher each year. Hopefully, I'll be able to finish this one. Picking up the first half of the Del Norte next year.
@@johnsikora Enjoyed the Del Norte in 2018. Tougher and longer than the Portuguese. I also added in Muxia and Finnistere. Still not satified returned to Porto and did the inland route to Valenca, train down to Caminha and walked around to Ponteveda via Vigo. Thought after 1,200km, that was enough for that trip. If I return and do the Frances, I'd also continue from Pontevedra on the spritual variant. All good fun.
How nice it is that there is someone like you, John, documenting the entire journey. I just realized that I walked the Via Plata (from Salamanca) two weeks after you. So, I had exactly the same scenery at the same time of year. I'm watching your video now and I feel a warmth spreading from my heart. This was my last Camino so far (more than 10 in total); I've been struggling with an injury for two years, but I can't stop thinking about going again, as this is my calling. Your films are a balm for my wounds. Best regards and thank you :). My videos from that journey are on my YT channel if you would be interested in the other perspective on the same path (just short clips, no talking).
Thank you for your kind words. I know how you feel. I'm 75 but can feel that the end of Camino walking is within sight. Hopefull, I'll get to do the Norte this year and next and perhaps another full Camino Frances when I'm 77. I'd like to upgrade the videos that I took from HD to 4K. It is a special privilege to be able to walk multiple Caminos. Hopefully your injury may get better and you can enjoy a few more. Thanks again for watching.
@@johnsikora I hope you can keep walking Caminos for many more years 💚. And I would love to meet you on the way one day 🙂
Meraviglioso docufilm con descrizioni importantissime sul Cammino della Plata! Grazie!!!
Grazie per aver guardato.
High speed of complete Napoleon Route from SJPDP to Roncesvalles
Enjoy watching this video brings back memories. We did the same trip at least once a year back in the 80s,when most of the highway on the Alberta side was just two lanes. It was great to get on the interstate on the Montana side. It was funny years ago, that it was Albertans that were clocked as the fastest going down interstate 15.
The drive up/down from Banff/Jasper is one of my favorite drives in the world. Canada has done a pretty good job (IMHO) of compromising between tourism and protection of nature.
Hello! Is this the "Napoleon Route"?
Yes, it is. Valcarlos route is in another video. Thanks for watching.
Great job 👌
Thanks for taking the time to watch.
Thanks for posting - was considering doing the Klondike Loop this summer, and this was very helpful in getting a sense of the stretch of roadway between Whitehorse and Dawson City. Much appreciated.
Thanks for taking the time to watch.
Well that was a different 😮
Hola John. Desde Medellin Colombia te saludo. En mayo del 2023 hice por segunda ves todo el Camino Frances desde SJPP. Tus videos me ayudaron mucho como guia para salir de las poblaciones grandes, ya que cuando salia, me esperaba por lo menos una hora de oscuridad. Previo a esta aventura, los disfruté mucho en mi casa. Ahora estoy viendo estos de la Via la Plata, que espero poder hacerla el próximo año. Gracias por compartir todo el camino. Hasta pronto y Buen Camino en tu vida.
Me alegro que te hayan ayudado en tu Camino. También espero caminar por Del Norte a finales de este año. Gracias por ver.
John, thank you. Awesomely beautiful, straight-forward account of day one. Your video answered many questions and gave my wife and I a boost of confidence. She had been of the opinion that after St Jean, Orisson should be our first night. No more. It’s Roncesvalles all the way! We have been working on getting fit, and God willing, we’ll be following your footsteps this coming September. Blessings to your good health.
Thanks for watching. Glad to help.
Thank you so much for making these videos of the both routes to Roncesvalles. It has giving me a better picture of which route is doable for me. Is the Vancarlos way well marked. Thank you 🙏🏻😊
Yes, it is.
I just found myself in this video
Was für eine Kamera benutzt du für die tollen Aufnahmen?
Wenn Sie die Videos meinen, habe ich eine GoPro 11 verwendet. Wenn Sie die Bilder am Anfang des Videos meinen, habe ich ein iPhone 14 Pro verwendet
👏👏👏👏super Aufnahmen 😊
Vielen dank für das beeindruckende Video, das ist unglaublich Anstrengend für dich gewesen. Ich werde das nie schaffen ,hatte aber die Möglichkeit durch den Film dabei zu sein 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Vielen dank fürs zuschauen
They did a very good job airbrushing the trash out of most ports. You are absolutely correct about a fluff piece.
John, thanks for creating all your Camino de Santiago videos. I hope to do this someday but after watching your videos (while riding my indoor bike) I feel like I have already been there.
The name of the town is Estella, not Estrella. The beer is Estrella. We really enjoyed your video series. Thank you.
Thanks for that! The filename was bad and it just copied over to youtube. Now corrected. Thanks for watching.
Yes, thinking of doing it next year, but videos wouldn’t appear until late in the year.
Thanks John, and again, your videos are an invaluable source of information for wannabe peregrinos!
Hello John, I've been following your Via de la Plata for a few months now, checking your detailed trip as part of my preparation for next year, it is so invaluable! I'm so happy you could finish the Camino Sanabres this year! this is the area (from Ourense to Santiago) that was somewhat confusing to plan, I'll check your videos with attention, and I'll bother you if questions arise! On another note, do you plan to do the Camino del Norte at any time? Renato
Thank you for more videos from the Camino. I think I have seen all your Camino videos. I like the fact that you don't have 8x speed like you did on the last ones and especially that most of the screen is video.
Thank you John for that fantastic and absolutely realistic picture of the route. I am happy I stumbled on this video before I leave two weeks from now. My biggest fear is losing my track along the route. I have a few questions and I will be very glad if you respond. Was the route well marked all along? How long did it take you? What was your age and fitness level when you walked? Any advise you would like to give a 70 year old with average fitness? Thank you.
The Frances is very well marked. There are also multiple apps that have the GPS tracks embedded in them so that you won't get lost. I was 65 when I walked the Frances and in OK fitness. I'm now 74 and just walked the Ingles, Sanabres, and Muxia/Finisterre this year (two months ago). I don't know if you book ahead or not but my advice is that if the elevation is high or the distance long book ahead so that you get there when you get there. And don't listen to anyone who says a given stage should be x K. It should be as long as it is comfortable for you. I personally have reached the point where a 20K walk is plenty for any day and 15K is even better so that I can enjoy the day, the evening meal, and the town that I'm getting to. I walked the Frances in about 60 days.
@@johnsikora Thank you John for the very quick reply and your sound advice. I will surely pay heed to that. I have admiration for your achievements. God Bless🙏
Thanks for all the work, I really appreciate it!!! I've been looking for more info on this route and there isn't much. The views are not as far and wide, but wow! they are no less stunning than on the Napoleon route. Depending on the weather and time of year, I'd probably take this one. I wonder how you found all these secret little turns and paths, especially the last one after the parking spot - where you suddenly cross over a field and grass, entering the paddock and wander by the horses 😳 - but I guess there were signs. Big big thank you.
Thanks for watching - the route is very well marked. I did have the GPS track but did not really use it.
Thank you so much, this was special and truly interesting to watch.
Thanks for taking the time to watch.
Thanks a ton for this. While the Napoleon route is stunning as long as it's not foggy or rainy, for us older folks this route is definitely a good alternative and has great views as well. It's a different challenge to walk on pavement for so long and to watch out for cars the whole time, so both have their pros and cons.
You have to make the stopover at Orisson !
Whenever anybody asks me what the Camino Francès is like, I refer them to John's videos. Only slight negative is that, in some videos, the camera is pointing a bit to the left. Bravo and thanks, John.
Yes, it's a risk of the process. I attach the camera to my backpack and while walking it tends to shift left. Never found a really good solution that worked 100% of the time. The newer videos are a bit better since the GoPro technology changed. I would like to walk the Frances again and use the new technology - but at 74 that window may be closing :) :)
My last Camino in 08/18, I took the Valcarlos route. I ended up injuring myself and I tore something where my leg meets my hip. I think I saw maybe 3 other pilgrims the whole time and got lost a few times. There are portions where there are no markers for a while. When i got to a section where it is like a shortcut to Roncesvalles, it was closed for a reason i can't remember. So there I was, on the side of the road and the sun going down, trying to figure out how to get a taxi or uber to pick me up because I was entirely spent and emotionally drained. Then a miracle. A taxi drove by and stopped. He picked me up and drove me to Roncesvalles and didn't even charge me. I was very close to crying tears of joy. I will be taking the Napoleon route this time and staying at Orisson when I go this August.
I start August all so ..how do I make reservations to Orrison... Hope you can help me...
This is exactly the video I was looking for! Since I am unable to travel, i do it virtually thru You Tube. It is also my form of exercise. I am able to complete my 5000 steps in this video. I love the music! I dance to the music, I walk while viewing the scenery. What more can I ask for! I am looking forward to all the Stages until you reach Santiago. Great work, guys!!!
Thanks for watching. I'm glad you enjoy it. The music, unfortunately, is stock music from a free service so some may be good and others not so much. Just finishing up the VDLP this spring (next week starting in Ourense). The first part is already up on playlists. Hopefully this year, I'll also get the Camino Ingles and the walk to Finisterre. Thanks again.
Are you always this quiet? Good trip though!
I probalby should go in and drop in some background music like I do on my Camino walks segments.
Big Finish !!! Thank You
BIG FINISH !!! THANK YOU
Now A Group Hike. Press On !!!
Arzua -- Almost the End. Press On Pilgrim !!!
Finally The Rain. You Have Been VERY LUCKY !!!
Walking, Walking, Walking - ULTREIA PILGRIM !!!
At 3:26 - The eye catching bridge at Portomarin and back up the stairs - to leave town. Nice Place !!!
At 28:19 - The Famous Stairs at Portomarin !!!
Another Nice Stage. Thank You John !!!
Sarria - AT LAST !!! WooHoo - 100Km to go
At 29:19 - The Fabulous Samos Monestery
Glorious Gilicia. LOVE IT !!!
Getting into the Beautiful Gilician Mountains. My Favorite Section Of The Camino
WALKING UP THE ROAD - Into The Mountains
Another Nice Weather Day - Blue Skies. Lucky You !!!
Buen Camino. ULTREIA Pilgrim !!!
At 42:11 - The Fabulous Templer Castle
The Trail Has Definitely Changed - No Smooth Hiqhway. Yikes !!!