Mila Nebraska
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Part of Camino Frances in 2012
Planing VDLP in september 2015
Hey guys !
So I'm sitting here in Sevilla after a surrealistic day on the camino.
I started walking in Sevilla yesterday. This morning I had to walk only 18 km from Guillena to Castilbalnco.
Few kilometers after Guillena you pass by industrial place, poligono industrial el Cerro if I remember well.
Just after this place camino goes to the olive fields. There I saw a young 20something Spanish guy. He indicated to me that I should turn left (in reality you should keep on going straight). I saw something similar to a yellow arrow so I turned left. He walked after me and two minutes and few meters further I started feeling that something wasn't right. There was no route and no signs, I was literally in the middle of nowhere. I think I was lucky to figure it out fast enough because the guy tried to indicate to go further. I turned around and started walking back. At that point he asked me "you want this?" in Spanish with his d* in his hand. So I run away, went back to poligono industrial and waited for other pilgrims. Luckily an hour later i met two Spanish pilgrims and walked till Castilblanco with them.
Problem is, as a young solo female pilgrim, I won't feel safe on via dela plata after this incident. So after talking with hospitalero and local police in Castilblanco, I grabbed a bus to Sevilla. Sadly police can't do nothing because the guy didn't touch me and didn't try to rob me (I don't understand logic here but oh well..)
But I'm not giving up ! I'm in Sevilla and probably going to grab a train to Pamplona tomorrow to continue on the Camino Frances. As I remember it, you can find more pilgrims there. Here I saw 2 people in two days. Not saying it's really dangerous or different from any other place in the world, but I want to feel at least a bit safer on the camino then I felt these last two days.
Hospitalero in Castilblanco said he' going to call the albergue in Guillena, so they could warn other pilgrims.
I'm so sad to write this, but i wouldn't advice for solo woman to go that part of the camino alone.
Be safe and enjoy your camino !
So I'm sitting here in Sevilla after a surrealistic day on the camino.
I started walking in Sevilla yesterday. This morning I had to walk only 18 km from Guillena to Castilbalnco.
Few kilometers after Guillena you pass by industrial place, poligono industrial el Cerro if I remember well.
Just after this place camino goes to the olive fields. There I saw a young 20something Spanish guy. He indicated to me that I should turn left (in reality you should keep on going straight). I saw something similar to a yellow arrow so I turned left. He walked after me and two minutes and few meters further I started feeling that something wasn't right. There was no route and no signs, I was literally in the middle of nowhere. I think I was lucky to figure it out fast enough because the guy tried to indicate to go further. I turned around and started walking back. At that point he asked me "you want this?" in Spanish with his d* in his hand. So I run away, went back to poligono industrial and waited for other pilgrims. Luckily an hour later i met two Spanish pilgrims and walked till Castilblanco with them.
Problem is, as a young solo female pilgrim, I won't feel safe on via dela plata after this incident. So after talking with hospitalero and local police in Castilblanco, I grabbed a bus to Sevilla. Sadly police can't do nothing because the guy didn't touch me and didn't try to rob me (I don't understand logic here but oh well..)
But I'm not giving up ! I'm in Sevilla and probably going to grab a train to Pamplona tomorrow to continue on the Camino Frances. As I remember it, you can find more pilgrims there. Here I saw 2 people in two days. Not saying it's really dangerous or different from any other place in the world, but I want to feel at least a bit safer on the camino then I felt these last two days.
Hospitalero in Castilblanco said he' going to call the albergue in Guillena, so they could warn other pilgrims.
I'm so sad to write this, but i wouldn't advice for solo woman to go that part of the camino alone.
Be safe and enjoy your camino !
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