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  1. Lizhk

    Returning Home & Preventing a Bedbug Infestation!

    My re-entry routine is to leave a change of clothes at a friends place. She has a sauna. I leave every, shoes, pack, electronics, passport, etc. in there with the sauna turned on. Failing a sauna, a dark plastic bag with the large non-dryer items and place in a sun spot, greenhouse? Or use a...
  2. Lizhk

    Afraid of top bed without fence

    A group of us met on the train to SJPdP, formed a Camino family and walked to Burgos. One fellow drank way too much that night and fell out of his top bunk. He cracked his skull and had permanent hearing loss and that ended his Camino. A couple of ideas: Take a strong line to tie back and forth...
  3. Lizhk

    Tips and Experiences in Dealing with Bed Bugs During Travel

    Not everyone reacts to bedbugs (I do and have) which is how the little vermin travel too,— with unsuspecting transporters. I have a 're-entry' procedure. I have a bag of clean clothes to change into in a bag at my sisters. When coming home I phone her and she drops the bag off at a friends who...
  4. Lizhk

    The Laundromat is my friend

    My second favorite place in Santiago de Compostela (the square in front of the cathedral watching everyone arrive has to be #1) is a laundromat! The owner plays wonderful music—he loves Leonard Cohen—the place is nicely decorated giving you a cathedral-like sense of peace and calm, and there is...
  5. Lizhk

    Sleeping System Suggestions for Camping on the Frances Trail in May

    I toook a down throw as part of my sleeping system on a few caminos but stayed in albergues. On two caminos I got bed bugs. I think what Dave Bugg was pointing out is that all you need to kill bed bugs is to put your down bag in a hot dryer. It worked for me. No need to wash it. Same with your...
  6. Lizhk

    Maintaining Blood Sugar...food on the trail

    I have the same problem and find my low sugar time is late afternoon so I always made sure had an apple or orange (2 preferably) plus nuts mixed with chocolate and I carry glucose pills for emergencies. Twice I needed my fruit and could continue on 15-30 minutes later. After that I just made...
  7. Lizhk

    Cabin personnel Ryan Air in Spain is going on strike for 10 days in September.

    I like your plan B. See you at plan A or we will be the crowd following you in plan B.😎
  8. Lizhk

    Cabin personnel Ryan Air in Spain is going on strike for 10 days in September.

    Me and four others on the same flight. What’s your recommended plan B?

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