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You will find yourself in the middle of a people train stretching out before and behind you! Have an open approach to life. Ask others at cafe stops and albergues if you can join them for a drink or meal. You will almost always be welcomed with open arms. You will soon find companions to walk with or meet up with at day's end. Relax. Enjoy. Just a simple sense of awareness will be sufficient. I assume you are a woman. What woman would leave her handbag unattended? What woman would choose to walk down a empty dark alley at night in a strange neighbourhood when there is a familiar well lit populated road? The Camino is the later, especially after Sarria during the July days! Buen Camino. Let us know how much you enjoy your walk.
that is comforting to hear. thank you very much.@Veena, as responses above suggest you will be walking at a very popular time of year on a very busy stretch of the caminos. You will find company easily, you may find that being alone at any time is unachievable even if you would desire it.
Buen, safe, Camino
Will certainly do!Veena, I will be waiting to hear from you about your experience...since I will walk after you do. Please post your thoughts as you go
Hallo! I can understand how you feel because with what I am reading a have the same feeling,although I walked the camino Frances last year and there were moments that I walked alone but I wasn't not even a bit afraid.... From Sarria to santiago ,even if you haven't found people here to reply that the will be walking the same dates , you will have a lot around you!trust me last year at the end of July there were soooooo many people between sarria and santiago that for us that have started in sjpp it seemed weird because we were justed to walk in smaller groups....many people walk just the end of the camino so don't be afraid.I know the boards are abuzz with conversation about safety and security. I've read over and over again that the Camino is a safe place, safer than any city but what recently happened, did happen (with Denise Thiem), so just trying a ask a few questions so I can try and choose the best route for me.
I'm planning to travel the last 115km from Sarria to Santiago sometime in July. This is not too strenuous a walk and something I think someone not in great shape like me can manage. But I haven't heard of anyone else trying to do the walk at this time of the year...so I worry about finding people to walk with. Most of the pictures of the Camino that I see are wide expansive and lonely stretches where one doesn't see another hiker anywhere near. I must admit the recent happenings have me imagining what it will be like to walk along those stretches all by myself...I worry about finding people who will start out from the same hotels I'll be starting out of. (not planning on staying at albergues) and about finding people to walk with everyday. I checked out the towns on the way and the neighborhoods near the hotels/hostals I'll stay at...as per Google Maps street view, every place looks so deserted...
I have a choice of joining a self-guided tour group of 3-4 people starting from O'Cebreiro instead...but it will be a longer, much tougher walk and if I take that I will miss time to travel to Porto after. I'm torn
Hi, So I'm just back home after my Camino. The stretch from Sarria to Santiago was full of pilgrims. If you leave between 7.30 and 8 am, you will start by walking with large clusters of people. I noticed that around 11 or so, as people made cafe stops, there were often less people around. But at no point in time did I feel afraid for my safety or think that I was at risk walking alone. I was more worried about my Santiage-Finisterre walk, but even though there were far fewer people on the trail, again, I felt very safe. My bigger worry was getting lost, and as many people pointed out, it's pretty difficult to do that. The trail gets a bit confusing when you reach towns/cities, but then there are always people you can ask for help. Based on my experience, I would say, you have nothing to fear at all in your stretch of the walk. Buen Camino!Veena, I will be waiting to hear from you about your experience...since I will walk after you do. Please post your thoughts as you go
Hi, So I'm just back home after my Camino. The stretch from Sarria to Santiago was full of pilgrims. If you leave between 7.30 and 8 am, you will start by walking with large clusters of people. I noticed that around 11 or so, as people made cafe stops, there were often less people around. But at no point in time did I feel afraid for my safety or think that I was at risk walking alone. I was more worried about my Santiage-Finisterre walk, but even though there were far fewer people on the trail, again, I felt very safe. My bigger worry was getting lost, and as many people pointed out, it's pretty difficult to do that. The trail gets a bit confusing when you reach towns/cities, but then there are always people you can ask for help. Based on my experience, I would say, you have nothing to fear at all in your stretch of the walk. Buen Camino!
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