MaidinBham
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances SJPP to Muxia, April (2014)
Camino Portuguese Lisbon>Santiago, April/May (2016)
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If you buy Brierly's latest edition of the Portuguese Camino you will see on his maps where fountains can be found. Very useful feature in my opinion for a travel guide to have.@koilife, Thanks for your input. I will look further on forum - perhaps on CP forum to see whether water fountains are common on Portugues trails.
I do not use RO - hopefully I will be long gone before the planets water supply becomes so contaminated that we need to use these. I use carbon filtration at home, and away from home.
One of the reasons I suspected bacterial water contamination was because of short incubation period, and other reasons, but of course I can not know for certain.
Soap and water for hand washing is best (sing Happy Birthday to yourself, to ensure correct number of seconds) as hand sanitizer is not effective against C-diff - especially the virulent or resistant strains.
Buen Camino
Janice
Thanks for reminding me - I will take a look. I know I used JB guide on my CF and had forgotten.If you buy Brierly's latest edition of the Portuguese Camino you will see on his maps where fountains can be found. Very useful feature in my opinion for a travel guide to have.
I thought there were very few fountains on the Portuguese as compared to the CF. But I refilled in bars and on occasion asked locals for a refill from their house. All were happy to oblige.
I have the straw, and can vouch for it's effectiveness, but I wound up resorting to iodine tabs as they were just easier and faster to use when filling my hydration pack. They also take up little to no space compared to the straw. You will need to clean the straw as well. I've read that getting water is no issue, that there are lots of public fountains (gag) But what happened to you is exactly what I was concerned about and will definitely be taking iodine tabs with me as well as electrolyte tabs. Better safe than sorry.Sorry if this question has been asked before. I tried to use search function - maybe not doing it correctly or I need new lappy, or new web browser!
On my Camino Frances in the mountains I became very ill - spent 3 days off the trail, and several days after with poor appetite. I think it was from bacterial contamination of water, possibly from fuente So with upcoming Caminho Portuguese I am wondering if I should bring a water filter - I have this one in mind, or maybe one of the Sawyer brand.......
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006QF3TW4/?tag=casaivar02-20
It weighs 2oz
I generally do not like tap water or bottled water. I really don't even like to use a straw, but I will on those occasions I think it maybe necessary. Do they have water fountains on Camino Portuguese, and how likely are they to be contaminated? Really I think the suspected well on the CF was just one isolated incident. The effervescent electrolyte replacement recommended by Pharmacist (name?) really helped.
I know it's only 2oz, but all this stuff in my head about what I will need, keeps adding up.
Thanks for your invaluable advice
Janice
I have the straw, and can vouch for it's effectiveness, but I wound up resorting to iodine tabs as they were just easier and faster to use when filling my hydration pack. They also take up little to no space compared to the straw. You will need to clean the straw as well. I've read that getting water is no issue, that there are lots of public fountains (gag) But what happened to you is exactly what I was concerned about and will definitely be taking iodine tabs with me as well as electrolyte tabs. Better safe than sorry.
In late September of last year, I travelled from Porto to SdC and drank copious amounts of water from fountains along the way. Everything was fine.Sorry if this question has been asked before. I tried to use search function - maybe not doing it correctly or I need new lappy, or new web browser!
On my Camino Frances in the mountains I became very ill - spent 3 days off the trail, and several days after with poor appetite. I think it was from bacterial contamination of water, possibly from fuente So with upcoming Caminho Portuguese I am wondering if I should bring a water filter - I have this one in mind, or maybe one of the Sawyer brand.......
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006QF3TW4/?tag=casaivar02-20
It weighs 2oz
I generally do not like tap water or bottled water. I really don't even like to use a straw, but I will on those occasions I think it maybe necessary. Do they have water fountains on Camino Portuguese, and how likely are they to be contaminated? Really I think the suspected well on the CF was just one isolated incident. The effervescent electrolyte replacement recommended by Pharmacist (name?) really helped.
I know it's only 2oz, but all this stuff in my head about what I will need, keeps adding up.
Thanks for your invaluable advice
Janice
Old topic, and my two cents is that I drank tap and fountain water every day for nearly 180 days on various Camino routes. Why would I become sick from it if I never got sick from it? There's no need to bring a water filter with you. If you're still not convinced, do as the ancients did.In late September of last year, I travelled from Porto to SdC and drank copious amounts of water from fountains along the way. Everything was fine.
The one terrible experience I had walking in Spain was drinking water from a fountain near the peak of O'Cebreiro. It tasted good right out of the fountain, but when I drank the rest of my bottle several hours later, it tasted foul? Thankfully, there have been no negative consequences.
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