Mila Nebraska
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Part of Camino Frances in 2012
Planing VDLP in september 2015
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Thank you Mila for this report. You should not be sad nor ashamed for doing the right thing. Good luck on continuing your journey from Pamplona. God bless you. Que la luz de Dios alumbre su camino.. . . I'm so sad to write this, but i wouldn't advice for solo woman to go that part of the camino alone . . .
As an aside, I watched the policia local deal with a fight outside the municipal is casar de caseres (avoid, basic, cramped, and adjacent to the local street fight scene). not impressed.
Ok sorry for that, but this part has been known for incidents in the past. I truly love Andalucia but I'm not happy to hear about this stuff two days before I'll start my vdlp..."Packed with creeps" - rather an overstatement....an admittedly horrible incident....but generalisations don't help. I waxy herein April and found nothing but a good welcome and help from everyone.
Laws vary, as well less willingness to act maybe ? It is hard to understand as the Camino is a big economic driver for the region, so, if I were in power locally, I would assure that these occurrences are discouraged as much as possible . . . Then again, it is impossible to 'police' (the way with limited manpower etc.) and us travellers/walkers wouldn't like to see police everywhere anyway . . . It is sad that warnings like this are needed, yet again it shows that Spain is a country like any other; some sexually frustrated men everywhere, sadly I guess a fact of life . . . Join others if possible and focus on the positive, cause there is so much of that on the Camino . . .Quote (I don't understand logic here but oh well..).
Laws from country to country vary in Europe......I also do not understand the logic here....stay safe
enjoy the Camino Frances..
Maybe best to keep to the topic.
The albergue in CdC by the way is free guys.
@Barbara06 CdeC = Casar de Cáceres.
I have to admit that I wasn't that impressed with the Municipal at CdC. The druggies loitering near the entrance in the plaza who sometimes urinate in the area. The tightpacked dormitorio and it was the first crowded albergue we came across. ...
Mountaingoat999 : I like that : "the more you know, the less you show" ... Hope it's not copy-righted, as I plan on using it . . .
Mila you should had done two things first told him that you want to see it so when he toke his hands off it you laugh like mad if that did not get running you whack it with your walking stick then you run like hell
Zzotte
I know that trust of Law Enforcement varies country to country but shouldn't one take the time to file a report with the authorities. Warning other pilgrims is good but the perpetrator is still out there and the police are unware there is a problem. Buen Camino
Happy Trails
Just to clarify, the robberies seem to have ended because of an arrest, which I believe was prompted because of a report of a Canadian pilgrims. Those robberies took place before Guillena. The two incidents described in this post happend after Guillena. We haven't heard of more incidents, but of course that doesn't mean it couldn't happen. As Hanne says, high season on Vdlp is springtime, and it also happens to be the most knock-down gorgeous time of year as well. So there are multiple resaons to walk the Vdlp in spring! Buen camino, LaurieThe etape from Seville to Guillena has a bad reputation for pilgrims getting robbed, because the locals knows, that the pilgrims just started the camino and have more money with them at this point. The etape is not the nicest on Via the la Plata, so I will advice people to take the bus on this etape, if them don't find other pilgrims to walk with in Seville to Guillena for safety reasons. The high season to walk Via de la Plata from Seville is in the Spring (March-April). At that time there will be more pilgrims on the camino.
Hi, Hanne, do you know of more robberies since the arrest several years ago? At least according to the last poster on this post-arrest thread said, there had been no more robberies since January of 2014. It sounds like you may have more up to date information.Hi Peregrina2000,
I think the robberies, on the first day from Seville, is a "On/Off" thing depending on if the robbers are arrested or free !
Taking the bus is just for safety reasons, and the bus-pilgrims will miss the nice spring-time challenge: Crossing a river with lots of water or find an alternative way. It's a great talk among Via de la Plata-pilgrims for the rest of this camino.
My apologies, I somehow missed that.I'm pretty sure if you read the original post, you'll see she did report it to the police and to the hospitalero.
This seems really inappropriate. I'm sure you didn't mean it as such, but nonethelessIt seems like this region is packed with creeps.
Well English is not my first language and I never ment the whole region of andalucia. It seems that just this village of Guillena has been trouble to some pilgrims through the years and that's what I meant.This seems really inappropriate. I'm sure you didn't mean it as such, but nonetheless
What happened to the OP is certainly troubling, and may well be reason for her to switch to the CF, and may well be reason for anyone to reconsider walking an isolated camino route alone.
But......... That does not mean this is a region packed with creeps.
I'd be really sad to see how much MORE things like this would happen if we had a similarly isolated-yet-near-civilization walking trail in my home nation of the USA (I'm not counting the appalachian trail because, growing up near it, it doesn't go by nearly as many civilians).
There is no reason for talking bad about an entire region.
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