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I don’t even know where to start with this comment haha. First off, I’ve traveled the world (45 countries at this point), without a man. I never take a tour, and plan everything so that I’m completely independent. That includes time in the Middle...
No, Annie, I don't pee in them! 😅
I started using a small thin day pad. It is just for catching drips after squatting. One lasts me all day when no bar/restrooms are around. It then goes in a sandwich bag and tossed in the trash when ending my...
Sorry but if impossible to always sync with availability of toilet facilities, just get on with learning how to use nature in a discrete and unobtrusive way, and as others have said, carrying away any TP.
If you can learn how to do it without...
No public health issues involved in this debate really.
Plus we discussed it more than enough on this forum in various threads that it is impossible and arrogant to hold a petition to local authorities for public toilets.
I am not fond myself of...
I would take it with a large pinch of salt. Not long ago a survey in the UK named my own small home town - Alloa - as "the most depressing and soul-destroying town in Scotland". The place may perhaps not be the most shining example of Scottish...
Here is an interesting map of (most of) the Caminos de Santiago, done in the style of a metro map.
https://coolhispania.blogspot.com/2024/01/mapa-metro.html
I've been a fan of Hikers Wool since 2015 when I first used it on Camino.
It's wonderful stuff.
Providing a soft padding and natural oils on 'hot spots' as they occur, so that blisters can be avoided!
I've been trialling a new version of Hikers...
I had been severely depressed for many years, suffered from massive insomnia for most of my life, plus social anxiety and panic attacks. A complete nightmare with no quality of life.
I had just finished university, my beloved pet had died out of...
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