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Camino April 16/2016
- Time of past OR future Camino
- April 16, 2016
i just did 2 weeks on the Camino but had to stop because of Achilles tendinitis. I went alone and wanted to talk a little about safety on the Camino for women traveling alone. There were three incidents that I heard about while I was there and my apologies if this had been mentioned already. The first happened around Longrono I was told that a man exposed himself to some women pilgrims, the next that a man on a bicycle approached a woman and asked if she wanted him to take a picture and then started talking about naked pictures and the third was a male friend that witnessed a car slowing down to talk to a solo woman but when he started calling the woman the car sped away. These were all things relayed to me during the 2 weeks I was there. I also wanted to mention that when I was around Najera there were long stretches where there were no other pilgrims around (3 hrs at times) and didn't feel safe.
These are things that helped me: bring a whistle and have it handy. Don't leave too early in the morning, you're more likely to have others in front and behind.
All this to say that when I come back to finish I will come with a friend.
These are things that helped me: bring a whistle and have it handy. Don't leave too early in the morning, you're more likely to have others in front and behind.
All this to say that when I come back to finish I will come with a friend.