To all solo peregrinos: My husband and I had the BEST trip or our lives on the
Camino Frances this past June-August 2012. We met so many solo people. There is a saying: The camino will take care of you! YOU MUST believe this. We saw many, many single females walking alone. You will make so many new international friends that you feel become your family! In fact, one young woman from Denmark returned by herself because she said the prior year, she went with her girlfriends, and they were much too many chatty and talkative and robbed her of the beauty and soul searching she had hoped to gain on the camino. She returned alone and was so grateful to make that bold decision! For you young solo ladies: it will give you the priceless confidence for the rest of your life; it will show you what you are made of before you have faith in yourself; it will give you a REAL world view of what others think of your country, without the media twisting things, a life lesson you can't experience, buy, or relate to until you see for yourself, and IT IS SAFE!
We also met women in their 50's to nearly 70's traveling alone, trying to find life's answers and make new decision for their second half of their lives. I guarantee, you won't be alone very long, even if it is meeting up with a newly found friend for a day, and probably welcoming the friendship when you end up at the same alberque at the end of the day. After a week or so, you will meet up with previous peregrinos you encountered and making new friends, while seeing familiar faces the further you get into your trip. Please, Use common sense. The one thing we did hear amongst the younger people is things getting stolen. Sleep / shower with your money, phones, and valuable items, NEVER out of site. I took a waist pack, and hung it in the shower w/ me, or when I went outside every evening. Other than that, be prepared for the most life changing experience! We loved it so much, we are returning next year. Buen Camino!