Are you good at direction sense?

my sense of direction is neither really good nor hopeless. just fairly average. whenever i travel the first time in new cities or countries i visit, i make sure i either bring a map with me or i walk around the vicinity of the hotel so i could familiarize myself with my immediate surroundings and landmarks. when i at least do that, i'd say i have a fairly good chance of getting back to the hotel and not be lost. honestly, i can get around in a strange city much better than in a big shopping mall. i think i'd get lost in a crowd of shoppers. -lol- during my first time in hongkong, we have toured around for a week without getting lost armed only with a map, with 6 first-timers in tow (3 shy kids, a senior citizen who's also shy, and 2 adults who are worse at being shy. -lol-). i'm not sure that gender has anything to do with being good in sense of direction. i'd rather think that people who can drive can grasp locations faster and are better in directions.

Hi vivianchen, I am not good at reading map,too. LOL Well, I think I am not good at direction sense but not too bad at that. I should say I am just lazy. If there are someone there, like my husband or someone that I trust with, then I do not bother to care about the directions. When I am alone or need to take care of someone who is really bad at directions or really too depend on me, I have to do it and I can do it. So, my type is "take turns"! LOL Have a good day! (3:56pm 8 Jan 2010, Hong Kong time)

Hi Vivian, I am not also good at first with directions but I learned its importance especially when you are travelling alone in a huge place. Just look around and try to find good landmarks like buildings, street names, establishments and other signs that can easily be noticed. Bring a map always in your bag as well it can help for sure.

I am the same with you! I'm poor in direction sense! when i am in a new city i sometimes could not find the way to the hotel in which I was living!! I don't think men are better than women!! I think they are the same! All the difference is that maybe women does not care about that!

No,I am not that bad at it. Whenever I go out from my hotel in a new city I try to remember the turns that I am taking and the landmarks so that I can get back to it later. Actually the key is not to get panicked if you find yourself in a strange place and keep your cool and use the logical senses(like which two streets are parallel to each other and which are the connecting roads between them etc). And if you helplessly get lost somewhere and just can't get it back then shed your inhibitions and ask the local people out there,believe me this has worked a number of times for me in the past! Having said all these let me add that I am a girl and I really don't think that gender has got anything to do with one's direction sense.

i'm no good... i once want to go to public recreation but choose wrong bus and go to opposite way... :lol: