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  1. MeanPhilippine

    My Ultimate Camino - who would you invite?

    Robert Butler, aside for my own reason walking the Camino, my good friend with stage 4 colon cancer. Paulo Coelho, keep my mind active Joost from The Way, he knows where all the good food are located My late grandfather who introduced me to long distance walking
  2. MeanPhilippine

    Bedbugs in Granon?

    Semper Fi doc
  3. MeanPhilippine

    Bedbugs in Granon?

    Thank you for serving. You really have to go to the province and in very poor area to experience them. Also some of my fellow Marines who thought were bitten by mosquitoes were actually bedbug bites. They stayed in those motels when Subic was bustling.
  4. MeanPhilippine

    Bedbugs in Granon?

    It sounds like Jose needs to pass on the torch of being a hospitalero, if he is tired dealing with tourists. Unfortunately, you can't bring back how things used to be, it's called "old times" for a reason. I understand why he's offended by tourists asking to check for bedbugs, but can you...
  5. MeanPhilippine

    Bedbugs in Granon?

    I'm sure it is and I will see it for myself on my way to Santiago de Compostela starting next week.
  6. MeanPhilippine

    Bedbugs in Granon?

    Filipinos who grew up in a province know bedbugs all too well, we call them "surot".
  7. MeanPhilippine

    Bedbugs in Granon?

    No need, I know the smell they emit, I know what they look like and I know what it's like having a bed inside your ear as a child. I know. I'm 50 years old and I still know the smell of a room infested bedbugs. I've slept with them for 13 years until we moved to the US. Thanks for the...
  8. MeanPhilippine

    Bedbugs in Granon?

    If all albergues do this thorough cleaning, there'll be less bedbugs problems, but that's not the case. So bedbugs are here to stay.
  9. MeanPhilippine

    Bedbugs in Granon?

    I Hats off to that albergue, unfortunately not all albergues are that, not even some of the hotels in big cities. So, as long as there are albergues, who are not as methodical in fumigating and pilgrims who walks the Camino, there'll always be bedbugs problem. Growing up from the province in a...
  10. MeanPhilippine

    Bedbugs in Granon?

    Don't the Pilgrims get the pests from infested albergues? If the alburgue don't fumigate how is that our fault? When pilgrims leave the alburgues and did not get bitten, they automatically assume there are no bedbugs. For all they know bedbugs got into their gear, such as boots and packs. How...
  11. MeanPhilippine

    Bedbugs in Granon?

    Great! Now we have to worry about fleas from the kittens! :eek: Permethrin it is...
  12. MeanPhilippine

    Is this the question there is no answer for?

    I wonder how many Pilgrims or soon to be one got this:p
  13. MeanPhilippine

    Is this the question there is no answer for?

    Yoost from Amsterdam
  14. MeanPhilippine

    I made the mistake of...

    I hope you guys remain friends after leaving her behind & if she is a friend she'll understand. If she stop being your friend, you'll have plenty to choose from along the Camino. Joel

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