AnnaWalks123
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- Camino Portugues, May 2018
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Worry is also like a rocking chair...going nowhere.You will find people on the Camino at that time of year.
"Worrying does not empty tomorrow of it's troubles, It only empty's today of it's strengths".
Go forward and enjoy yourself. Buen Camino !
I lived in Porto for a couple of months with my teen daughter - one night we were walking alone on a dark city street and she asked me if we were safe - and I told her "nobody here is interested in hurting us" and while things happen on occasion, of course, I firmly feel that that part of the world is interested in quality of life for everyone. Look around, every stray cat is plump! That a danger lurks around every corner, I have found, is one deeply engrained in the USA at least, a firm part of living life. One's mental set can change on alone walks in Portugal and permit you to think of other ideas beside who wants to hurt you, a sense of not worrying about people setting out to harm you, a feeling of a new kind of existence.Hello all! I am planning on doing the Camino Portugues (first timer!), taking the coastal/senda litoral route at the end of May 2018. I am a bit nervous about walking entirely alone. My understanding is that on this route, you sometimes are the only pilgrim around. This is more of a safety concern and less of a solitude concern. I was wondering if my information is wrong and/or, if perhaps there were other pilgrims planning to walk then that I might walk with/in the vicinity of more or less (don't want to cramp anyone's style or space) Thanks in advance!
You will find people on the Camino at that time of year.
"Worrying does not empty tomorrow of it's troubles, It only empty's today of it's strengths".
Go forward and enjoy yourself. Buen Camino !
Hi Annawalks, I am walking the Coastal starting on May 19 from Porto, maybe we can walk together, hope to finish in SJP by June 1.This is my 2nd Camino.Hello all! I am planning on doing the Camino Portugues (first timer!), taking the coastal/senda litoral route at the end of May 2018. I am a bit nervous about walking entirely alone. My understanding is that on this route, you sometimes are the only pilgrim around. This is more of a safety concern and less of a solitude concern. I was wondering if my information is wrong and/or, if perhaps there were other pilgrims planning to walk then that I might walk with/in the vicinity of more or less (don't want to cramp anyone's style or space) Thanks in advance!
Good Luck,Anna.......my wife and I are training now for the CPI (interior route), from LIsbon. We've conquered the Camino Frances twice(last one, June 2017) and I understand your concern. From what I've read, our trek will be even more desolate, but I have never read or heard anything about danger on either route. Also, all the blogs and books we've read state your route will have many more trekkers than ours, so just be calm and aware. Bon caminho!Hello all! I am planning on doing the Camino Portugues (first timer!), taking the coastal/senda litoral route at the end of May 2018. I am a bit nervous about walking entirely alone. My understanding is that on this route, you sometimes are the only pilgrim around. This is more of a safety concern and less of a solitude concern. I was wondering if my information is wrong and/or, if perhaps there were other pilgrims planning to walk then that I might walk with/in the vicinity of more or less (don't want to cramp anyone's style or space) Thanks in advance!
On the trail from Lisbon to Porto are some stages where you have to take care for the Portuguese drivers . Once behind the steeringwheel of their "holy cow" they drive like devils and are less concerned by walking or biking persons alongside the road.Good Luck,Anna.......my wife and I are training now for the CPI (interior route), from LIsbon. We've conquered the Camino Frances twice(last one, June 2017) and I understand your concern. From what I've read, our trek will be even more desolate, but I have never read or heard anything about danger on either route. Also, all the blogs and books we've read state your route will have many more trekkers than ours, so just be calm and aware. Bon caminho!
On the coastal you are less walking besides busy roads and more on boardwalks and sidewalks .Walked the coastal route in late May 2015 with a friend and didn't see too many people until Redondela where routes meet and it's more typically Camino-ish, more bars, more pilgrims etc.
Never had any problems with Portuguese drivers - one even turned his car around, proudly displayed his Camino bracelet and explained we had just missed our turn off.
In general Portugal is great, the people are kind and the food is wonderful.
Have a great Camino
I am talking about my own experiences, driving through the country, 3 caminhos walking and reading the Portuguese newspapers every day.Portugal is about the same risk as the USA for traffic accident deaths - both are neither top ten unsafest nor top ten safest. Here is the data link for the WHO
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/10/countries-with-the-most-and-least-road-traffic-deaths/
Hello! I am setting out on Sunday, May 20.. sounds like I am missing you by a week! Since you are an experienced pilgrim though, you might just catch up to me! Thanks for the response, and buen camino!There are 4 of us starting from Porto on the 27th of May. When are you going?
Anything what attracts drivers is okay. But you better be warned on beforehand.PS, I have bought lime green sleeve warmers to wear along the roadways and a bright lime back pack cover and will indeed follow your advice
Okay. After Tomar there are some nasty parts along the N10 but if you take your precautions and keep calm and anticipate there is nothing to worry. The coastal from Porto is relaxed all away to Vigo and Redondela.in Spain it is okay with the traffic.i have three ideas for the walk albertinho, depends on freed up time and few factors, but, if all goes perfectly Lisbon to Santiago (I'll take public transportation for that one leg of the walk with the narrow shoulder and high traffic); or fly into Lisbon and take train to Tomar and walk up, or, worst case Porto to Santiago coast. All of them are fine with me, I was in Santiago two years ago in June and I think I need to understand something about that visit and I am thinking this walk will help me know more, perhaps, about my experience in Santiago.
Can't wait to walk there next week. We start tuesday 17th from the Sé . We stay in Matosinhos so the first walk is easy without backpack.excellent! thank you! I lived in Foz (the beach part of Porto) so it will be fun to walk through there up the coast - I might cross over because people will not stop glowing about casa Fernanda !!
If I am forced to walk in august, I'll walk the coast, beach and all right there - seems smart - thank you for pointing out the sketchy sections and being reassuring!
bus stations around the world are magnets for weirdos and "up-to-no-gooders"Hi. I've only walked one Camino (littoral route out of Porto, and then joined the coastal at Villa do Conde...got as far as Vigo), so don't have a frame of reference by which I could compare it to other routes.
I absolutely loved the walk, and can't wait to resume it.
I never felt truly isolated, though I did have long stretches without seeing anyone.
And I did have one uncomfortable experience,. I believe it was as I was leaving Costelho and starting to walk up a quiet street near the bus station. A guy appeared asking me for money. He was pretty rough-looking, and unfortunately, I didn't have anything in my pockets, and didn't feel safe opening my backpack with my wallet around him. I told him I didn't have any money, and he challenged me on the point (how could I be walking the camino without money, he quite reasonably said), and began following me, being verbally persistent. Not feeling comfortable proceeding further, I turned back for the road and ultimately found a taxi to drive me a couple of kilometres ahead (I initially felt great resentment at being denied "my" camino experience, but the kindness of the people who helped me find that taxi made it an even better experience).
Nothing about this experience has discouraged me from getting back on the Camino, and this is certainly not being written to dissuade you. Just a way of saying that these kinds of things can happen, and might be somewhat likelier on the less busy routes.
Take care,
LorneB
I’m starting this route on April 30. I was also concerned about isolation but I think I’ll just start and see how I feel. There are always ways to get back to the main route -taxi or bus do don’t worry.Anna, my experience last July/August was not aloneness due to the high population of tourists and vacationers along the route. We didn't see many other pilgrims along the Senda Litoral, but the area was not isolated.
I still dream of returning on my own to complete the sections I missed due to an injury. No Fears.
Bom Caminho
Sim ! É verdade ! Mas ninguém vai dizer que é fácil apreender Português !If you learn a little Portuguese, you will always have friends
I doubt we'll make that kind of time! Bom CamihnoHello! I am setting out on Sunday, May 20.. sounds like I am missing you by a week! Since you are an experienced pilgrim though, you might just catch up to me! Thanks for the response, and buen camino!
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