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It's really important on a forum like this to appreciate we all have a very different sense of what constitutes safety, risk and prudent behaviour. Commands in cap locks are very Facebook.
The important thing here IMO is to think for yourself. On...
NEVER - LIKE EVER - be separated from your valuables, even for a moment. Cargo pants with lots of pockets help.
Cross torso bags, like a fanny or bum bag worn cross-body are also good. The less it looks like a woman's handbag - purse, the more...
My wife and I like to treat ourselves once we arrive in Villafranca del Bierzo. We stay at La Puerta del Perdon. Only 5 rooms of so but what a delight and reasonably priced. They also have a restaurant on the first floor but we have never ate...
A rather frivolous answer, but the most dangerous part is when you start your first journey.Shutting your front door and off you go.After that one of life's great adventures starts.
...for me the most dangerous stage appeared unbidden at the very end, in an empty dormitory in SdC. It was a powerful ache to never go back to the harsh realities of the other world, but remain a walking peregrina forever...
This is speculative but the driver himself may have reported you to the Guardia Civil (GC) considering your condition when he picked you up. He may have thought something worse happened to you and was concerned.
In our recent Camino on the CF, we...
I was sexually assaulted at a fysio office while walking the camino portugués 1.5 years ago. I am continuing my legal case in hopes that this person doesn’t do it again. The trial is in Feb.
I learned a few months ago another peregrina fell...
I sent a detailed description of what happened, where it happened, and what time, along with my video and still photos of the creep to the police. Hopefully he’s found, so he doesn’t end up hurting someone.
Hi Kirsty. As a man it shames me to read that sort of thing. I walked the whole Camino in September/October 2019. The whole thing was problem free for me. However it did cross my mind that there are sections of the Camino where even as a man you...
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