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Good point. The issue was /is that there were towns bullet pointed on her route that had no albergue or place to sleep and often the places are word of mouth and unmarked, such as in Anadia. The area from Alvaiazere to Fatima the information is scarce. There is an albergue in FUNGALVAZ for 5...
Just finding people and albergues. She hasn’t seen any other pilgrims. And there are very few albergues. She does have the next 4 laid out, just none where she is which surprised her as the Camino Frances is so well marked, even in the fall when she went. But I read a thread on here from last...
Hi,
My daughter has been walking from Porto to Fátima and is having albergue issues. I’m seeing there are issues with the Fátima Camino as a whole. Should I suggest she turn around and go north instead? She walked from SJPP to Muxía last fall but she says she has seen literally no one. She is...
I agree with much of what you say. For me it was that she had been pursued by a pilgrim twice her age who was not taking No for an answer and so had been more diligent than otherwise to make her whereabouts known for her own safety and well being and then had gone silent. It was out of character...
The APOC moderators messaged me with great kindness and said they were simply of the belief that all info should be posted here so that I would see it and they were concerned that information was becoming scattered and apologized for any stress their decision made.
This was something so efficiently and lovingly handled by community instead of authority and that’s a lovely thing this season. The authorities are necessary and I am grateful they exist, and people and community are necessary and can accomplish so much on the human level and in this case with...
I’m so grateful. We would have had days ahead of us of not knowing and would have caused an international incident, when this beautiful community was able to network and pinpoint her. Extremely touching and grateful.
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From her father “Talked to local police. They say there is definitely a way for authorities to ping the phone but usually with overseas situations this happens through Interpol. She said starting with the consulate is correct. I would wait a couple more days to file a missing persons report...
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