Agreed, the worst part was the fact that I had actually just purchased that macbook a few days before getting on the plane and I moved all my data to it without having it backed anywhere (Rookie mistake).

I could have:

- Picked a better hostel to stay at

- Backed up my data properly to minimize damage if it eventually happens

- Been more wary of other guests (99% of them were cool people but you still need to be aware of who's there with you)

- I used filevault, but forgot to enable find my device