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[QUOTE="Coijane, post: 249095, member: 40708"] Just returned from a week on the Camino during which time I stayed at La Mochila in Itero de la Vega. I was the only occupant of a 3 bed room and was a bit concerned as there were a lot of soft furnishings suitable as hiding places for bugs. I sprayed my hands and face with insect repellant containing DEET before I went to sleep. In the morning I woke up and when I put on the light I saw a bed bug crawling up the wall. I killed it and blood (mine) came out, I squished another too. I thought I had got away with a couple of small bites on my neck and assumed it was an area I had missed when spraying but 24 hours later the bites started to come out. It appears they can take up to 14 days to appear which accounts for how these things can travel because people don't know that they have been in an infested albergue. The bites were on my hands and arms (so much for the DEET) one on my leg and a couple on my neck. They were raised and almost blistery but not terribly itchy (mosquitoe bites are very itchy) these felt more tender and more like a slight burn. I had antihistamine tablets with me which did help a bit and I bought some antihistamine cream in a pharmacy which took down the swelling. The following night I stayed in a small hotel with private bathroom, I took my backpack into the bathroom on arrival and carefully unpacked and inspected everything in there and the whole of the backpack. I had everything washed and then inspected the clothes again before putting them back in. As far as I am aware I haven't carried any hitchhikers with me but to be on the safe side my backpack is going to stay outside my house and I am hoping for a really cold winter. I did tell the hostalero and he did say he would get the hostal fumigated, will he? I don't know, but I wish I had put it in the Libro de Reclamaciones as then the authorities would have required evidence that action had been taken. By the way I had also sprayed the outside of my backpack with Permethrine before setting off so that may have protected the backpack. I believe that they didn't get inside my sleeping bag liner and that the bite on my leg was from an afternoon nap on top of the bed. [/QUOTE]
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