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🇵🇹 Caminho COASTAL FROM PORTO (incl. Senda Lit.)
Camino Coastal Litoral North from Esponse
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[QUOTE="anonperegrino12, post: 1065961, member: 104196"] Hi all, I'm sad to be posting this but I felt sharing my experience would be a cautionary tale for those moving forward. I started my Camino four days ago and have fallen in love as many do, but had an unfortunate encounter with an attempted assault and/or robbery yesterday afternoon on the Camino Portuguese Coastal, the Litoral way north of Esponsende. I decided to try the Coastal Litoral route from Esponsende moving to Castelo do Nieva. Starting in Agucadoura, I had been in frequent contact with others on the Camino, but when I moved onto the Litoral there were a lot fewer locals and peregrinos. Somewhere between Mar and Balinho I was passed by a suspicious man who I realized had turned around and begun stalking me. Upon increasing speed, he began to jog around corners and I called Portugal's emergency number, 112. While on the phone with the police, I turned to find him about 100 yards behind me and was then rushed by him while he reached for his pants, I don't want to imagine what for. I very luckily scared him off by brandishing my large and very full metal water bottle while screaming at him and feeding the police information. He ran back south on the trail while I ran toward Balinho. I was approached by a lovely local who offered me help and guidance, he even walked me all the way to my albergue for the night! I was cautioned by the man, who was raised and still lives in the area, that the Litoral North path is very dangerous for those traveling alone, especially women and to avoid it moving forward. I feel the police handled it well, I was contacted an hour later to give a description for the officers going to the area. I'll be sadly stopping my camino as my walk today was filled with paranoia despite others walking with me for support. I will be back to complete my journey but for now I hope everyone travels safely. [/QUOTE]
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