Over 35 days, Sydney-based Filipino food advocate Anna Manlulo walked 350 kilometres of the Camino de Santiago in Spain. The journey tested her courage and resilience and eventually inspired her to write her first children’s book.
Key Points
- The Tiny Slimy Pilgrim is the first children’s book written by Anna Manlulo, founder of the Filipino Food Movement Australia.
- The story is inspired by Manlulo’s 35-day, 350-kilometre journey along the Camino Francés, one of the routes that form the wider Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in Spain.
- Published in 2024, the book reflects on how we face exhaustion, challenges and change with every step of life’s journey.
- For Anna, the story also captures the experience of adapting to a new environment, something familiar to many Filipino migrants in Australia and around the world.
The Camino Francés, which Anna walked, is part of the larger Camino de Santiago, a historic network of walking and cycling routes leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain.
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