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Hi Zuzana
Your sense of security will probably change during your caminho. I think most of us start by squirrelling our valuables bag into our sleeping bag for the first few nights. But then when you realise that you are seeing mostly the same people day after day and they are going to the same place as you, and that some of them just leave their £600 iphones charging while they shower or go off somewhere, you tend to relax. And you find you get to know some pilgrims and trust them and start to feel you don't need to clutch everything to your person the whole time as you're all informally looking out for each other. If you have to take a great big SLR camera, then Iriebabel's strategy (above) sounds as good as any I can think of.
BTW the showers are usually in enclosures with doors where you have just enough room to hang up your clothes etc inside and a normal camera case should be fine in there as well, if you decide your camera is coming with you.
I think that over time pilgrims come to sense that the theft of valuables is highly unlikely in pilgrim hostels amongst people that they've largely come to know. And they relax accordingly. The trick is to be aware when that situation changes, for instance when you come back to the big cities. I remember a couple of cases of thieves getting into the main albergue in Leon a few years back and cleaning the place out. So the key is to always assess the situation around you and adjust accordingly - and make friends!
Cheers, tom
Hello. I would like to ask for an advice whether on not to bring a camera and also what to do with valuables. I´ve read some threads about taking valuables also to shower in some waterproof bags. But I am concerned about what to do with a camera if I bring it. During the day I would keep it always with me instead of crossbody bag. But what to do with it during the night or shower? Or rather not bring it?
Thank you in advance for your advice.
I walked in 2011, 2014 and 2017 and never had the feeling of risking anything. Lots of people - like me - charge the mobile phone and/or camera during night time or when in shower. I never heard of anybody loosing any valuables where I stayed, but of course we have to be sensitive.Hello. I would like to ask for an advice whether on not to bring a camera and also what to do with valuables. I´ve read some threads about taking valuables also to shower in some waterproof bags. But I am concerned about what to do with a camera if I bring it. During the day I would keep it always with me instead of crossbody bag. But what to do with it during the night or shower? Or rather not bring it?
Thank you in advance for your advice.
Do as the early pilgrims did - don't shower.
Problem solved.
Water conserved.
I am in the "bring fewer valuables" camp - it is very freeing not to have to keep track of stuff. Wallet, passport, phone - those were my valuables and they easily fit in a small cross-body bag, so was easy to keep them with me. My husband kept his in his pants pocket. Easy.
Regarding whether or not to bring the camera - my husband pondered that question for a long time - he is an avid photographer. Ultimately, he opted to leave the camera at home and just use the camera on his phone. His reasons were twofold - to lighten the load, and also to have a different type of experience. The experience as a photographer and as a non-photographer are very different.
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