Traveling Solo (a)

[Margaret LaCugna]

Andrea   Please add me to your list of solo women who traveled without
incident and fear.  Contact me  directly as below if you're interested.   NO
need to take buses in between, very sorry to disagree.

Best  Regards,

Margaret M. LaCugna
2790 Broadway    3G
New York, NY 10025
e-mail: mmlacugnaamsn.com
phone: 212.665.8847
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrea Innes-Michailov" <andreaaCORP.IDT.NET>
To: <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: Safety Issues


> So far I have:
> -one man who may have disappeared while walking the road to Santiago
> -some unknown problem with the Basques
> -attacking dogs.
>
> Since I am a woman who plans on doing this alone is there any thing else I
> should know about or better said is there any advice for lone women?
>
> Andrea
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU]On
> > Behalf Of Andrea Innes-Michailov
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 3:13 PM
> > To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Safety Issues
> >
> >
> > I haven't walked the road to Santiago yet but I do have my own
> > dogs and they
> > often get aggressive when they see someone carrying a stick or
> > cane.  Not to
> > say you shouldn't carry a stick to help you walk or for protection but
it
> > may not endear you to dogs.
> >
> > Andrea
> > (Newark ,NJ)
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU]On
> > > Behalf Of Ed
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 3:13 PM
> > > To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> > > Subject: Re: Safety Issues
> > >
> > >
> > > What mean dogs?   What statistics is there on the number of
> > mean dogs?  Is
> > > it any worse than walking down my own street?  Maybe you can walk
> > > the Camino
> > > and never see a dog?
> > >
> > > Though I guess it only takes a bad experience with one dog, to
> > > give you the
> > > willies.  So carrying a stick is probably the best deterrent -
> > > and it's also
> > > useful for walking!
> > >
> > > Ed
> > > (Ware, Herts, UK)
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: lmorris
> > > To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 6:23 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Safety Issues
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Michele,
> > >         I think the big concern is not the Basques but the mean
> > > dogs on the
> > > Camino. Does any one have any advice as to how to handle these %&*#a
> > > dogs, and to how to protect your self?  Being attacked once by a dog,
I
> > > like to avoid them at all cost.  Don't know how SM's advice will work,
> > > shoot a big red heart at them and hope it confuses them.. Hmmmmm,  I
> > > think I will carry a big stick.
> > > any thoughts?
> > >
> > > leonard
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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