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I've heard several folks mention this topic, so I thought I'd suggest this scarf (Shemagh). I've worn it in many countries and it has worked great. The Shemagh scarf is a cheap, lightweight asset for your camino and can be purchased anywhere.
The Shemagh serves many purposes. Here are a few I used it for on the Camino:
-Towel (it dries quickly)
-Scarf (for those early mornings)
-Sun protection (for those hot camino days)
-Dipping the shemagh in cool water and wrapping your neck is a great way to cool down
-Wrapping some clothes in the shemagh at night makes a good camino pillow
-Winding your shemagh through wet shoes/sandals and dangling them from your backpack to dry
-Headwrap to keep warm, or to keep the sun off your head and eyes
I hope this helps! I love this scarf!!! I would like to hear from anyone about other uses for this scarf.
Buen Camino!
I don't know exactly when something is a shemagh and when not.
One of these silky things which you can buy on any market of chinese shop for a few euro's was perfect for me. That can be shemagh too? As you mentioned, they have a multi multi purpose.
A few things more:
you can
- sleep on it when your bed feels dirty
- make a kind of skirt from it when you feel your legs start to get a sunburn in the end of the day without really changing clothes
- put easily around you when going to a shower
- use it to give you some privacy in a bed when you feel like
I am very interested in this scarf that weighs only 4 oz. Odem, can it be used as a skirt? Also, there are several vendors selling the scarf...is one better than the others.
I also brought a large gauze cotton scarf bought in Greece in 1977! It came in handy for a "bunk divider" when the beds were a foot apart!
Hola elmonty totally agree it was brilliant for the sun last year in June the breeze just catches the edges and diverts cool air onto the face. One problem though, a pilgrim mate from South america saw me one day wearing it against the sunas he was sitting in a bar he raised his glass and called out "over here bin laden" my mate yes!I have been using my shemagh since last summer, and it is coming with me. It is like the Swiss Army knife of scarves. It also works quite well in warm weather as a head covering, especially if dampened down.
Yes to all above uses, borrowed a "sarong",scarf,big sheet of cheesecloth type material from my daughter, it does not register on the scales it is so light now from use, you can also probably see through it now too! (OoW). I wore it over my head as a sun screen in 2011 heat wave, used it at end of bed hanging as privacy,as a sheet, skirt, etc etc. And as my towel.
Hola elmonty totally agree it was brilliant for the sun last year in June the breeze just catches the edges and diverts cool air onto the face. One problem though, a pilgrim mate from South america saw me one day wearing it against the sunas he was sitting in a bar he raised his glass and called out "over here bin laden" my mate yes!
I don't know exactly when something is a shemagh and when not.
One of these silky things which you can buy on any market of chinese shop for a few euro's was perfect for me. That can be shemagh too?
Update to this post, just came back from El Camino, awesome experience, I am a retired soldier and did my camito in a minimalistic way, the shemagh or kaffiyah is a must have for those who prefer to experience it in a true minimalistic back to basics way, you understand why the shemagh/kaffiyah has been use for millenniums all around the word (I was apprehensive of its versatility until I found myself in the middle of nowhere in the iraqui desert, then I realized why Is so popular amongst those who know, because it works- is a hat, hood, scarf, towel, cooling compress, sun shade, dust cover, etc.etc.etc...
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