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[QUOTE="Camino2010, post: 439625, member: 7959"] I started walking the Camino Frances (sorry, cannot find accents or other fancy punctuation on this keyboard, haha) this year on July 24 and just finished up yesterday in Muxia on August 24! Now am relaxing in Fisterra for a couple of days. I got munched by bed bugs the first night in Saint Jean. I felt them pinching me in the night but after arriving at the pilgrim's office at 10:15pm to register, and getting to the albergue at 10:30pm (after more than 24 hours of travel to get that far), I was too exhausted to move. Thankfully it seems I was the only person who got bitten in the room that night (it was a private place above a bar, new to me). Also thankfully, because I was so tired, I hadn't taken out my sleeping bag, but just slept on top of the mattress (hurray!). The next day I walked to Roncesvalles and took care of washing my clothes there. Various people got bitten in various places along the way during that last week of July and the week of August. I got a couple more bites in a different town (can't remember which right now but it doesn't really matter because bed bugs can pop up pretty much anywhere, especially if transported from one albergue to the next by unaware pilgrims), but for the most part it was pretty much completely bedbug-free for me. One of my friends got bitten at a fancy hotel he booked in Leon, so they're not limited to albergues (which I already knew from past Caminos). My reaction is not overly strong. I did have the bites for about 12 days but they weren't overly itchy. However, if you react strongly there are various medications at the farmacias which can help. I react more strongly to mosquito bites, perhaps because the species are different than those I grew up with in Canada. I don't know, but I have a couple of big welts on my arm today from mosquito bites I got in Olveiroa a couple of days ago. ;) The first two times I walked the Camino were in mid-September to the end of October and I didn't encounter any mosquitoes either time. Also, I think the incidence of bed bugs is less at that time of the year, but that could have changed since 2010 and 2011 since more people seem to walk at that time of year now than did then. If you have a silk sleeping bag liner that will be an extra barrier. And you know best what you need in terms of medications. If you do encounter bed bugs, please tell the hospitalero. Don't be like the brand new pilgrim I met this year who panicked and fled the albergue in the middle of the night, leaving his friend to try and explain the next morning where he'd gone and why he wanted a refund (especially when it turned out to be most likely that he'd brought the bed bugs in his bag from the place he'd stayed the night before). Also, please don't put your backpack on the beds in any place you stay (you might already know that, sorry if it's repeat information but I saw people putting their bags on the beds in a couple of places along the way this year). I wish you a happy bug-free (except for the cute friendly bugs like butterflies and ladybugs) Camino!!! Rachel [/QUOTE]
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