[Gocamino] Dirty Tricks??????

[Virginia Pulver]

Many alburgues have posted that they will be cñlosed this few days in May -
preparing for the French holidays or doing some bed-bug fumigating perhaps.
I am now in Arco, just 18 kilometers from Santiago!  I cannot believe the
walking tour is almost over...but of course the heart of the comino
continues!

"Ginn"
I´ll Update my Blog Next Week


On 5/27/09, Glenn Jilek <guha2005 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Coming into Negreira on a rainy day I noticed a sign saying in English and
> Spanish..."Albergue Closed".  I also seemed to remember it written on the
> letterhead of the Hotel Tamera, which some of you might rememeber,
> advertises 7 km away about their pilgrim rates.  The Brierley Guide also
> says they are "pilgrim friendly".  Knowing that the albergue there was on
> the far side of town, perhaps almost 2 km away, and having heard first hand
> acounts of another albergue being closed because of the dreaded bedbugs, I
> chose to turn right 50 meters to the hotel.  The rates were very favorable
> and the room was very nice.  Later that day when the rain ceased and I went
> out to forage for food, I decided to go to the albergue, where I stayed 4
> years ago.  It was OPEN!!!!!  I met other pilgrims who decided to stay at
> Tamera or the hostel in the middle of the town, Mezquito, because of that
> sign.  This was the first time in 3 Caminos that I found apparent trickery
> by to capture the pilgrim b!
> usiness.
>
> Glenn
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