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American here. I use NoMoRobo to screen calls from known spammers. The phone rings once and then NoMoRobo only lets the possibly good numbers through. There is a way to have real people to get through if NoMoRobo thinks they are a robot. Free for...
Hello @Elis12,
First, let me say that I am very sorry to read this report. I know from similar personal experiences on the camino that something like this will leave you with a sense of disgust and repulsion. I hope that you can shake it off...
20ish years old guy with glasses stopped next to me in Rua de Francos (Concello de Teo) while I was changing poncho/ jacket, pretended to talk on the phone waiting for someone and when I turned around he was jacking off.
Started walking, turned...
With the work I do I need to be able to receive calls from a variety of unknown numbers. When it's a robocall, though, I simply block that number. Then the same spammers simply spoof another number to try to sell me something - and I block that...
I use T-Mobile, which, as stated by many above, works great in Spain. However, I plan to change my number shortly before heading on my Camino, as I do *not* wish to receive 10-20 spam calls a day from telemarketers while on pilgrimage.
Plastic shopping bags from home(or bought there) work fine.
I clip to my belt the Sea to Summit 20liter daypack and use it for groceries, it’s about the size of a golf ball. This bag doubles as my personal item on planes and trains and it’s a...
A russian shopping bag from the early 80’s; basically a very strong string bag with the capacity of Mary Poppins’ handbag.
If you saw a queue in Moscow in the early 80s, you joined it, because it implied something was available - you found out...
I use a little 'Chico' bag that wads up into a little ball. I think it is made with plastic water bottles and I use it as shopping bag, shower bag, laundry bag, etc. It is small enough to stuff in my pocket when I am out and about in case I need...
Spanish tiendas and supermercados DO have plastic bags. I believe they charge €0.05 per bag.
To avoid this, and to use as a "possibles" bag, I have used a near-identical item for the past decade...
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