Forrest Gump And His Camino

One of my favorite movies of all time, Forrest Gump's run is his camino. The clip from the movie shown here mashed with music from 'A flock of seagulls'.

At least he has found what he is looking and stopped running in the end. I am still running.

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Pilgrim Statistics 2007 - Till May 22nd 2007

(via caminiosantiago.com forum)

Thanks to Rosina:

Per Month: January 350; February 666; March 1,680; April 8,109; May (up to the 22nd) 9,337.

Sex: Males: 11,996; Females: 8,148

Age: 1-16 years 1,541; 17-35 years 5,845; 36-65 years 11,230; 66-100 years 1,529.

Path: Camino Frances 15,880; Camino Inglés 210; Camino del Norte 627; Camino Portugués 1,928; Camino Primitivo 398; Via de la Plata 1,033; Other 69.

Method: on foot 17,028; by bike 2,986; on horseback 127; on wheelchair 4.

Motive: Purely religious 7,507; religious/cultural 12,046; non-religious 592.

From: Argentina 84; Australia 152; Belgium 170; Brazil 253; Canada 333; Denmark 177; Finland 116; France 1,530; Germany, 3,256; Holland 290; Ireland 276; Italy 927 Japan 45; Korea 70; Mexico 100; Norway 154; Portugal 1,149; South Africa 42; Spain 8,911; Sweden 45; Switzerland 186; U.K. 407; United States 453.

Starting at: St-Jean-Pied-de-Port 2,064; O Cebreiro 1,441; Leon 1,329; Roncesvalles 1,317; Ponferrada 816; Pamplona 788; Le Puy 686; Astorga 681; Burgos 564; Porto 539; Villafranca del Bierzo 343; France (?) 291; Ourense 250; Oviedo 200; Ferrol 150; Germany 142; Irún 113; Logroño 111; Lugo 97; Fonsagrada 95; Jaca 65; Mérida 65; Lisboa 59; Bilbao 58; Braga 55; Holland 50.

Enjoy.