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If you clean your boots well, can you take them to your sleeping place. I have orthotics in my boots. I guess I should remove them and keep them with me at all times.Recently finished walking from SJPDP to santiago. Previously posted about clothing being stolen from clothes lines and food & wine leaving the albergues in the packs of the early morning hikers. Forgot to mention another item that frequently disappeared. Shoe liners. Unsure if only Americans use those expensive pads that are put into a boot/shoe, but others sure liked them enuff to remove them from the lines of boots in albergues. I don,t use them but was told that some are very expensive.
Recently finished walking from SJPDP to santiago. Previously posted about clothing being stolen from clothes lines and food & wine leaving the albergues in the packs of the early morning hikers. Forgot to mention another item that frequently disappeared. Shoe liners. Unsure if only Americans use those expensive pads that are put into a boot/shoe, but others sure liked them enuff to remove them from the lines of boots in albergues. I don,t use them but was told that some are very expensive.
Now, I have lost three of those fancy ultralight towels and 1 pair of shorts over the years, but those were due to my own forgetfulness usually related to an early morning start before daylight.
Same for me to5 times 0n the Camino and I have never experienced a theft. I stay at donativos, privados, municipales, paradors, the whole gamut. I've never even heard of a theft first hand.
I walked last September and met a woman walking solo who had had her mobile phone and 200 euros stolen. Apparently there were quite a few people who had also been robbed in the night without noticing. They suspected someone pretending to be a Pilgrim stayed with them and did a "bulk job". Having said that I never experienced anything myself, but lol at those who say it is an urban myth. .....^^
For a different perspective: what is the biggest change on the camino, to die or to get robbed? Personally, I heard about more people who died (4) than who got robbed.I don't doubt people on Camino get robbed; the Camino is part of this world. But sometimes this forum makes it seem as if it is commonplace, when clearly it is not.
I am also trying to contribute to the balance of experiences here so I think we agree. It is uncommon but does happen.I'm a horrible cynic no doubt, but are you sure she wasn't having a piece of you? How could "quite a few people" be robbed in the night, without noticing? Most people keep their cash in a money belt or sleep on it inside their sleeping bags - not easy to steal it from there. And someone in a dormitory is almost always awake - a huge risk of discovery I would think.
I don't doubt people on Camino get robbed; the Camino is part of this world. But sometimes this forum makes it seem as if it is commonplace, when clearly it is not.
I would say it depends on the albergue. Many of them have a designated communal area for boots and poles and, whether you are in a private room or not, you are asked specifically to leave these items there; it is hard not to comply. I encountered other albergues where no such request was made, and there did not seem to be any communal area for these items, so we were free to take them to our private room (after cleaning them, of course). Some pilgrims choose to leave their boots overnight in the hallway outside their private albergue room. I did not stay much in albergue dormitorios but, from my limited experience, these can be so unventilated (the shut-windows people seem to win every time) that one can only imagine what smelly boots would do to the already stuffy atmosphere. Hope this answers your question. Buen Camino.If you clean your boots well, can you take them to your sleeping place. ........
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