I grew up in a small town in Canada where we used to leave our houses and car doors unlocked. Then I spent a year and a half in South America and met so many people that had been robbed that an awareness of the possibility of being robbed seeped into my skin. I think that one of the problems, if you can call it that, with the Camino is that people become used to the kindness offered by fellow peregrinos and even non-peregrinos and they forget that they still need to be vigilant. I never sleep in an albergue with my money, passport, credit cards or credencial away from my body. I rember Martin from Australia who we met on the French route. Getting near the end, we were all very protective of our credenciales. He said if he was ever mugged he would give up his money, passport and credit cards as long as he was left with his credencial. His comment was that money, credit cards and passports can be replaced, but he wasn't going to face going back to St Jean de Pied de Port to start the Camino again. When I was on the Portugues route, we met a German mother and son who were robbed at the albergue on their second to last day. Their backpacks were stolen from near their beds and they had their money, passports, credit cards and credenciales in them. Fellow peregrinos lent them the money to make it to Santiago. When we ran into them in Santiago we were horrified by what they had experienced. It is always a wrong thing to rob someone, but you have to have a particular sort of evilness inside of you to steal from a peregrino. So, you will experience wonderful acts of kindness and generosity on the Camino, but you always have to be careful. Some not very nice people out there regard peregrinos as easy prey.