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⚠️ Safety & Security on the Camino
Safety concerns: First time walking Camino Portuguese as a female traveller
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[QUOTE="Walkingalone, post: 1229768, member: 114482"] Hi, I am walking the CP Camino now. A few days ago I was followed by a man on a bike in a secluded area (board walk from Povoa De Verzim) towards Esposende. I met him first behind the wind mill on the board walk, there are some houses around. I have done this Camino twice before, last time last April, solo- no problem, quite many people around. This time I am solo again but not many pilgrims around. Actually that day and the following day I didn’t see any pilgrims. Anyway this guy on a bike was going opposite direction. When I was passing by him I had a feeling I will see him again. I looked behind my back and he kept cycling the opposite direction. I kept walking and forgot about him. It was beautiful sunny day and despite of walking alone (now between plantations and football stadium and golf course) I didn’t feel unsafe until..I kept walking and when I came to the point I absolutely heard and seen nobody either in the plantation fields or the golf course I decided to go to the toilet just beside the board walk as I thought there is no one around. The moment I wanted to come out of the board Path I turned my head to the right and the guy on the bike was literally beside me. I didn’t hear him at all. He didn’t let me know he was cycling behind me, I realised later on when I reflected on this situation that he must have waited until I come to this place and on purpose he cycled slowly and was very quiet. He started asking questions about me. I kept waking and he kept sticking with me. I asked him a few times to leave so that I can walk alone. He ignored it. When I raised my voice he then said “ok ok” and went oh the path to sit down. I kept walking and just heard “beautiful woman”. In that moment I grabbed my phone to check emergency number. As I turned my head he was again beside me. I asked him three times if he was following me. He pretended he didn’t understand. I showed him my phone and I said if you don’t leave immediately I will call police. In that moment he left. Later on when I came of the board walk (approx 20 min or so later) I decided to turn left towards Apulia (the coastal way). I saw a couple with a dog. Fortunately the man had a good English. I told them what happened and I showed them a photo of that man I took from his back. They said they know him. He is Romanian, and they told me his name. He lives in that area. They said that place is very dangerous to walk alone and In dark many bad things happen there. Unfortunately it is part of the Camino and I didn’t expect to walk completely alone without any other pilgrims around. I talked to the hotel receptionist In Esposende about this situation and she told me there were some reports in recent months about these areas in regards to solo women being harassed. I sent email to local police with the man’s photo plus one post I found here about woman being almost raped by a man on a bike in the same location 8 years ago (it was May in her case so it should have been busy with pilgrims but I think that time this route wasn’t as popular as it is now and if I remember correctly the board walk wasn’t there beside the football course as it is now). I haven’t heard back from the police yet. I asked about any incidents in other hotels and a man at the reception in Viana do Castello said the same about some incidents that happened after Esposende in the forests…only then i did more research and found this forurm, so hopefully this situation can help others to avoid walking alone in that area. [/QUOTE]
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