[Gocamino] [Santiagobis] Re: bed bugs at Rubiaes

[Tim]

Hi,
This is re bed bugs in general and not the problems of a particular 
albergue.  A small French company has developed a spray which seem to be 
very effective against the little horrors it's also a non man made 
pesticide being based on pyrethrum which is found in nature in 
chrysanthemums.  The only problem is that at this moment their web site 
is only in French Clako <http://www.clako-punaises.com/fr/accueil> but 
if you persist you will find this page on the site list of retailers 
<https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Amzw1kWlZ1_kdFlEU0NGYTBIUWV4ejV0d2NuVDdhRXc&hl=fr#gid=0> 
which is a google spreadsheet listing all of the retailers who are 
mainly to be found on the Chemin between Le Puy and St Jean Pied de Port 
with quite a few in St Jean itself.
I hope this helps.
Tim

Diana Rautenbach wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>  
> We were there in 2008 and encountered the same problem. We removed 
> everything from the bed, the plank underneath as well, stamped the 
> whole lot out outside and returned only the wood. We then slept in our 
> sleepingbags after having smeared the legs thickly at the bottom with 
> Nivea cream and had no problem with the bugs.
>
>  
>
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> *From:* Bev Parslow <bparslowca at yahoo.ca>
> *To:* Santiagobis at yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Thu, October 7, 2010 5:32:18 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Santiagobis] Re: bed bugs at Rubiaes
>
>  
>
> After my visit the albergue was shut down and fumigated. There were 
> several instances of bed bugs when I was there. Dead ones were seen 
> and people bitten. It was reported to the hospitalero. At the moment 
> all my stuff is in the deep freeze for 2 weeks. If you did not get 
> them, then you were lucky. I agree, it was a great place.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* John B <rustyacres at yahoo.com>
> *To:* Santiagobis at yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Thu, October 7, 2010 7:48:35 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Santiagobis] Re: bed bugs at Rubiaes
>
>  
>
> We were at Rubiaes on the night of Sept. 12 and had absolutely no 
> problem. I thought that it was a delightful albergue.
>
> John Boehm
> Woodland, CA
>
>
> --- On *Thu, 10/7/10, Heather /<hthr_ptrck at yahoo.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: Heather <hthr_ptrck at yahoo.com>
>     Subject: [Santiagobis] Re: bed bugs at Rubiaes
>     To: Santiagobis at yahoogroups.com
>     Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 5:18 AM
>
>      
>
>     Hi, Did anyone actually see the bed bugs? Our group of Camino
>     friends arrived at Rubias on 17th Sept and settled in to the
>     comfortable Albergue. Soon a young woman ,who hated everything
>     about her Camino experience,saw an insect and began panicking and
>     stamping scarey messages in the day book. Some of our group felt
>     panicky also but I decided not to look as there wasn't much we
>     could do about it.
>     Next morning no one had any bites or saw signs of the craturs. I
>     meant to write something in the book but forgot.
>     We all enjoyed our Camino Portuguese by the way with the albergues
>     being mainly full from Porto. Not many from Lisbon.
>     Cheers
>
>     --- In Santiagobis at yahoogroups.com, Bev Parslow <bparslowca at ...>
>     wrote:
>     >
>     > Thank you so much. We found some at the albergue and some more
>     later in the
>     > luggage. It is a super Albergue. One of the best facilities on
>     the camino. Hope
>     > things go well for you. Thanks again.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > ________________________________
>     > From: Jose Sanches <jls at ...>
>     > To: Santiagobis at yahoogroups.com
>     > Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 3:54:13 PM
>     > Subject: Re: [Santiagobis] bed bugs at Rubiaes
>     >
>     >
>     > The albergue closed from 22 to 26, for "fumigation".
>     > Everything have been taken care, no more bed bugs :)
>     >
>     > Bom Caminho
>     > joseluis
>     >
>     > http://www.vialusitana.com
>     >
>     > On 2010/10/01, at 14:11, Bev Parslow wrote:
>     > > Just come back from the portugese route. Please be advised that
>     > > there are bed bugs in this albergue when we went through.
>     >
>
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