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Message: <blockquote data-quote="annakappa" data-source="post: 406512" data-attributes="member: 3751">DON'T know of Any friends with a big freezerI DO know a bit about removing bed bugs after my stint as hospitalero in Rabanal. We dealt with, if  remember well, 12 cases in 2 weeks. We had a strict protocol to adhere to. I won't go through it all here (Guacelmo had both a washing machine and dryer, obviously with temperatures up to, well I guess nearly boiling point - can't rememberexactly to what temp European washing machines reach).The back packs were put in black plastic bags and left in the field in the sun fir as long as possible.Never seen a self service launderette so here.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="☹️" title="Frowning face    :frowning2:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/2639.png" data-shortname=":frowning2:" />No idea how someone deals with their nappies (diapers) here, should they have cloth ones. All my 5 Costa Rican born grandchildren were not bought up very ecologically and used disposables!Kitchen towels get washed with everything else in a cold wash. Horror of horrors? That's how it's done here!Diatomaceous earth? Not sure.Don't have a cauldron, nor place to make an open fire<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="☹️" title="Frowning face    :frowning2:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/2639.png" data-shortname=":frowning2:" />( thinking of Asterix here)!Well, so far, I've walked the Camino ( various Caminos) 8 times and have been lucky. No bed bugs, neither for me nor for Adriaan!Anyway, after my experience at Guacelmo, I was idly checking out bed bugs on the Internet and came across a quiz 'do you know your bed bug' - or words to that effect.Did the quiz and got 17 out of 20, so was quite pleased with myself!SY - your post was fantastic! Really!</blockquote>

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