Chris, 24 When you're travelling there are all sorts of scary experiences, but the most common ones are often because of the places you stay, especially when you're on a budget. I've recently come back from a holiday to Nepal where I stayed in a place where it was 30p for the room per night. There was a strong smell of urine, no electricity, blood on the walls, and the sheets gave me a horrible rash. The accommodation was terrible, but other hotels were trying to charge me three times as much for the same conditions so I still got a bargain!

Carlene, 17 The time when I went to Malta was probably the worst experience I've had. The hotel was full of grime and there were cockroaches and diarrhea all over the toilet seat. There was also a used condom in the swimming pool.

Liam, 24 My scariest travel experience was when I was skiing in Whistler, Canada. I stupidly went skiing off piste on my own and fell into a crevasse. I got stuck in there for about an hour, falling further and further in with the snow coming in on top of me. I was crapping myself!

Sarah, 25 Just deciding to go away on my own was probably the scariest part of my trip. I'm not a massive fan of flying either so the first flight was 12 hours, which was obviously not ideal. Having got over that hurdle and landing in the first country I amazed myself at how quickly I learnt to adapt to new things. It turned out to be the best thing I've ever done.

Matthew, 22 When I was backpacking around Europe I caught an overnight train from Prague to Budapest. I settled in one of the single train carriages, and being naive and stupid, I didn't lock the door. I placed my big backpack on the chair opposite me and fell asleep. We pulled into Bratislava in Slovakia and because it's a major city we stopped for about 10 minutes. A guy came into my carriage while I was asleep and by the time I'd woken up he was walking off with my backpack! Instinctively I got up and ran after him. Luckily because