William Donovan
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2014
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I've read several posts where electronics (cameras, tablets, phones, etc) have been stolen when the owner has left them to be recharged and gone to dinner.
How frequent is this, and what are the steps to prevent this from happening?
Thanks.
Bill
You are dead in the water without one, but they are under one Euro in every China and hardware store, and many tiendas...Don't forget to remove your adapter plug, they are as valuable as gold.
I've read several posts where electronics (cameras, tablets, phones, etc) have been stolen when the owner has left them to be recharged and gone to dinner. [....] what are the steps to prevent this from happening?
Thanks.
Bill
Don't forget to remove your adapter plug, they are as valuable as gold.
I would like to because I was a bit of a technophobe before planning for my upcoming camino. My husband was only happy for me to go (and take four kids with me) if I learnt to use a phone. That has been a pilgrimage in itself;-) I would prefer to go with a phone than not go at all!Leave all that stuff at home....
There have been many chains about this issue in this forum for years. The real pisser is when someone plugs into recharge and doesn't return to check to see if the charging is completed and just as frustrating, like Camino 2010's post, is when someone unplugs your stuff to charge their own equipment. The less stuff the better!!
Unfortunately, that wasn't our experience. We lost two adapters and had a devil of a time finding a replacement. I finally found one on the dusty top shelf of the tienda in Itera de la Vega. The storekeeper didn't know it was there, and when I showed it to him, he didn't know what it was for. I think it cost 2€, and I had to perform major surgery on it with my Swiss Army knife to make it accept my charger.You are dead in the water without one, but they are under one Euro in every China and hardware store, and many tiendas...
I believe that might have been me, although I'm sure many others have made the same suggestion. I finally did that after I found the adapter in Itero de la Vega. It wasn't pretty, but it worked.Someone on another thread made an excellent suggestion: Attach the adapter to the cable with duct tape - this way you won't just pull out the cable and leave the adapter behind...
If you are from the USA, you really need both, a converter and an adapter. HOWEVER, the trend in the electronics industry in the last few years is to make THE CHARGERS DUAL VOLTAGE such that a converter is designed in and you do not need to carry a separate one. So, in plain English look at the electronic device and chargers; if they state 110-240v or 120-240v you will not need an extra converter. You will still need the plug adapter. MAKE SURE the 240v is there otherwise you will blow out whatever you plug in.If you're from the USA, you really do not need a converter.. just a plug adaptor.
I did meet 2 pilgrims who got their shoes stolen.
Hi Alex,Not about electronics, but: Many people confuse their belongings with others, it seems: One morning (I was the last out from the albergue) I went out in the garden to collect my boxer short that had been left to dry overnight. It was gone.. But another one was hanging there, dry and clean. I took it. In the evening, in the next albergue, I saw another man going to bed with MY boxer short on! Did I say anything? No. His boxers suited me just fine. And he seemed very comfortable with mine. And we both had had a good day with clean, fitting underwear. So, sometimes, accidents happen.
Frankly, who would be so gullible to leave money in a dormitory, or any other valuable for that matter.I've heard of this happening, and it happened to me last year in Hontanas when everyone in my room, who were eating the dinner at the time, got cash taken from our packs up in our room. I later heard that there is a local racket going on in Hontanas where some of the locals prey on the pilgrims coming through. My advise would be to keep cash on you or close to you wherever you are and to keep electronics on charge in sight.
I've read several posts where electronics (cameras, tablets, phones, etc) have been stolen when the owner has left them to be recharged and gone to dinner.
How frequent is this, and what are the steps to prevent this from happening?
Thanks.
Bill
Leave all that stuff at home....
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