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Scorpiogirl

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I made my first Camino this year in June 2014
Just a warning to all pilgrims about thieves on the Camino. On Tuesday night I witnessed a thief posing as a pilgrim at an albergue in Pobeña on the Camino Del Norte. The pilgrim (thief) must have snuck past the hospitalera into the room and took one of the spare beds. He had no belongings with him. Everybody was out enjoying the day but I was resting in bed but I noticed he was acting very strange and edgy. I watched him go into two bags belonging to other pilgrims so I alerted a fellow pilgrim to translate in Spanish to the hospitalera. When he realised he had been seen he quickly left the albergue. Luckily enough nobody was missing any valuables. Please be very careful.
 
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Just a warning to all pilgrims about thieves on the Camino. On Tuesday night I witnessed a thief posing as a pilgrim at an albergue in Pobeña on the Camino Del Norte. The pilgrim (thief) must have snuck past the hospitalera into the room and took one of the spare beds. He had no belongings with him. Everybody was out enjoying the day but I was resting in bed but I noticed he was acting very strange and edgy. I watched him go into two bags belonging to other pilgrims so I alerted a fellow pilgrim to translate in Spanish to the hospitalera. When he realised he had been seen he quickly left the albergue. Luckily enough nobody was missing any valuables. Please be very careful.

Thank you for the warning as I plan on staying Pobena next week.
 

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