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Here are my tips, developed over the past decade:
1. Don't stare! Avert your eyes. This is how the Japanese manage nudity - to the extent it exists in baths and inns. As adults, we all know what everyone else has. There is no need to dwell on...
Stuff your pillowcase with clothes or other non-noisy items from your pack to create your own pillow.
Personally, I wouldn't choose to rest my head and face on a pillowcase treated with a powerful insecticide every night. But you are, of course...
I did not see this explained in the thread, so I though I would add it for consideration.
As a repeat volunteer at the Pilgrim Office I have had to escort women to the Guardia Civil office to make a complaint about something that occurred days...
Thank you for making this an incident instead of just brushing it off. Enough is enough. We all deserve the right to travel unaccompanied in safety.
Men, please take this more seriously. You should be as outraged as the women are. This is another...
Created an account to report that the same thing happened to me 2 weeks ago. I had read about the foot washing ceremony at this albergue so I thought his offer of foot massage was part of it. It got really creepy and he tried to kiss me when he...
Thank you for saying this. An oddball is eccentric, quirky, unusual. I would not categorize any form sexual predation as oddball.
It doesn't matter if men act alone or in groups, all of it is predatory (and terrifying).
I am so sorry you had to experience this assault @Lunabridges Thank you for your strength in reporting what happened though it's appalling that you were further traumatized by those who are meant to support and protect - especially in this...
Thank you for warning us, solo women. Would it be possible to let us know exactly the place? I am looking at the map and it seems that Albergaria-a-Velha es a big zone. I am assuming this is on the Portuguese Caminho Central? additional...
I’ll describe the second incident also: the place I sought refuge to wait for the police was under a statue of the Virgin of Socorros about 300 meters from the abandoned house, in the middle of a roundabout. A man pulled up in a car while I was...
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