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Buen Camino to you too! I am staying the first night in the Alburgue du Pelegrín at SJPDPHi Nienke.
Although I can't help you with your question as I'm new to this too and have no experience on the little blighters, I just wanted to drop by to say hi as I'm leaving tomorrow too and I'll also arrive in SJPDP on Tuesday. May bump into you. Buen Camino
Haha....That's funny - bedbugs have done some good for once!
Here is the bed bug resource. She mentions hot washing but tumble drying is just as good.
Bed bugs: I'm torn between baseball bat and battle axe.
Yes, it's the hot drying that is the most important. In fact, I believe that @Kanga recommends hot tumble drying before washing, then tumble drying again.That's funny - bedbugs have done some good for once!
Here is the bed bug resource. She mentions hot washing but tumble drying is just as good.
sorry uterial but that's like burying your head in the sand. I will be doing my tenth Camino in June and have seen them on others...such as bites and they do exist. Prevention is import. I use permetherin not legal in Canada so I go to the USA to purchase it . While two of my friends gothe bugs I was spared due to this product.I never saw either bedbugs or mosquitoes on over 120 days on the Camino Frances between June and September.
I wouldn't worry about them.
ultreia
Burying my head in the sand? Ha ha. Not hardly, dude. Either I saw the insects or I didn't while walking the Camino, and well, ummm, I didn't. So to me they are a non-issue and not one that I would fret about needlessly and douse my body and equipment with toxic, possibly carcinogenic liquids.sorry uterial but that's like burying your head in the sand. I will be doing my tenth Camino in June and have seen them on others...such as bites and they do exist. Prevention is import. I use permetherin not legal in Canada so I go to the USA to purchase it . While two of my friends gothe bugs I was spared due to this product.
I have walked i think 3400 km on caminos in Spain and I have been bitten ONCE...Enjoy the camino
Hi Nienke,
If you do encounter mosquitoes, they will be no worse than when walking in the countryside in your country..... Do you worry about them there?
Bedbugs well you may encounter them, you may not. I have walked i think 3400 km on caminos in Spain and I have been bitten ONCE.
It's not worth worrying about now you're about to go; as advised by a previous poster, just read the advice on the forum so you do not carry them back home.
Enjoy the camino
Well bed bugs or not, I'm all packed for the final time (I'll miss my little daily ritual of packing, unpacking, packing....not). Off to catch my flight... Yey...
Buen Camino to you all and thank you for all your tips. Xx
Good news. You get to keep packing and unpacking everyday.Well bed bugs or not, I'm all packed for the final time (I'll miss my little daily ritual of packing, unpacking, packing....not). Off to catch my flight... Yey...
Buen Camino to you all and thank you for all your tips. Xx
I never thought of that.. oh dear. At least now I won't be hyperventilating all hours of the night thinking of what I haven't packed.. I've got what I've got now and I'm now taking anything else. My backpack was 12kilos at the airports but I think they overweigh luggage (hope so anyway) ...Good news. You get to keep packing and unpacking everyday.
I think the answer is staring us in the face. Walk with domigee!
sorry uterial but that's like burying your head in the sand.
Burying my head in the sand? Ha ha. Not hardly, dude.
Three caminos and never seen a single one. Never had a bite. From what I have read, and I emphasise, its only what I have read, you are more likely to encounter them in airport hotels than on the camino. The hospitalleros are very careful about these little bugs. An infestation can ruin their summer takings and often that is their main source of income. Look carefully around the albergues and often you will see the aerosol spray cans. Does not mean there has been a problem, it is preventative rather curativeHi all,
Tomorrow I will leave and I'll arrive at St. Jean on Tuesday's. I have packed my stuff, but I forgot about little animals (bedbugs & mosquitos).
I'll still have some time tomorrow to prepare a how-to-plan when it comes to these insects. What do you suggests I'll bring? I've read about permethrin, but this is not legal to buy in the Netherlands.
My backpack is made of uhm I think cotton, and can not be washed (it is quite an old one).
I am a bit worried about those little buggers now so I would love to hear your last minute tips!
never heard of this product can you buy it in Spain?When you arrive at SJPdP go into a farmacia and buy a spraybox of CLAKO.
Spray your backpack inside and outside.(outdoors please!).
Protects your backpack from the bugs to some degree if you cross upon them. Bring a big plastic bag to put your bp in at the albergues. This might prevent you from bringing them with you either to your home or another albergue.
I been frequently on the camino for 13 years without seeing them but I do this anyway+ a lot more to protect me from bringing them home, like I do on any other sort of travelling, hotelstay etc.
Don't forget that you need to let permethrin thoroughly dry before using anything that you have sprayed it on, and you need to be careful not to inhale it, or get it on bare skin. So I wouldn't buy a permethrin product in Spain with the idea of spraying it on my bed each night.I have not seen CLAKO in spanish farmacias, but they sell other sprayboxes with permethrin but I do not remember the name. I usually go to supermercado and look at the anti hormigas shelf. Several of the anti ants sprays contains permethrin and cost less than in farmacias. One is called Bio is the one I prefer to spray my backpack with inside and outside. It contains nearly the same as the one they sell in farmacias and is much cheaper.
Any bed bugs so far??Well bed bugs or not, I'm all packed for the final time (I'll miss my little daily ritual of packing, unpacking, packing....not). Off to catch my flight... Yey...
Buen Camino to you all and thank you for all your tips. Xx
Sorry, but this is not a guarantee. Many places have a bed bug or 2, or 3, but are not "infested" enough that you are likely to find them on inspection. That one bedbug will come out of its hiding place and bite me during the night but leave everyone else in peace and ignorance. They don't react, so they don't know they have been exposed.If you check where you sleep you will not have a problem
They don't react, so they don't know they have been exposed.
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