April 16, 2007
We sorted out the cash situation and hit the trail by 9:30am. Quite a bit of elevation gain and loss today. We left Baños, at 708 meters elevation, and climbed to a pass at 870m. We gave all that back and then some to cross the Rio Cuerpo de Hombre at 650m, then climbed to Calzada de Bejar at 796m. The view from the albergue is magnificent. Nice albergue, too. The owner served us lunch, dinner, breakfast the following morning and made us sandwiches for the trail. Good thing, too, because this town has only 40 permanent residents and doesn't even have its own store.
I'm still not clear on how these different lodgings operate. There are refugios, albergues, albergues touristicas and albergues privadas. And on top of that a seemingly endless list of hotel-like accommodations with hostels, pensiones, apartamentos, casa rurales and star-rated hotels. Some of the refugios and albergues are sponsored by the locale and quality varies widely. This one is privately owned.
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