Travel Abroad

we are at japan last november and it was kind of intimidating. although i have to say that we are not there for the holidays we are there to work. which i guess was more difficult than for those who are there to travel for fun. i mean when you are a tourist there are people who will cater you needs. people who will guide you if you will ask the hotel personnel. well i guess... har har har not so sure. but for me the experience was bitter sweet. after the flight at the Narita airport they are asking if we speak japanese. i myself dont know any japanese word. the signs at the airport are friendly enough for us to know where to go and as we were out there are people ho are waiting for us there to give us a ride on our next destination. the hard part now was the first day we step out to look around. since the place was not in Tokyo a few people understands english. the signs are mostly on japanese writing only. it took me two months to have the courage to go to Mc Donalds to order me a burger har har har. at the supermarket they are asking us something we dont know so all we say was no. i guess if you would travel on a country that english is not the main language stay at the most popular city. there are a lot of people who speaks english. it was a great experience for me and we are coming back on october to work again there. wish us luck.

The first time I experienced a language barrier I was in Hungary and I was 18 years old. Luckily I made friends with an Australian girl that spoke very good German. She helped me communicate and we shared a room together. I traveled to Slovakia and I had trouble with making myself understood. I wanted to find the bus to Poland. I was so lucky to find a 15 year Polish boy that spoke English to help me. I found it hard to let people at the accommodation know I am vegan in the Maldives. They all spoke different languages to what I expected. They were not locals you see. I take a phrase book with me. I can't manage with a different alphabet like in Bulgaria. There I kept getting lost and having severe language barrier problems. In Montenegro the bus timetable had that sort of script but some others did speak English. I love traveling overseas.

Being prepared for a travel is always good. I always take along a small map of the city I plan to sight-see in case I get lost. English is spoken in most, if not all, of the countries so communicating wouldn't be such a problem. Brush up on your English and learn a bit about the language of the country or city you're visiting. It's better if you know a local who can tour you around.

I must say that I went travelling to South East Asia last year, and went to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. And the truth is that even though the languages are so different, there were definitely people in all those countries who could speak some English - I think that most places these days do have a couple of people who can speak English or at least help you to translate.

When we went to thailand I brought a phrase book, but I didn't have to use it. In Macau though there was one situation wherein nobody spoke Englishd aside from yes, no and very limited english words at a small resto we ate in, so we used a notepad to get our point across to the waiter. She was very patient with us though and the food had pictures in it so we know we were getting pork, beef or soup.

Well i have been to a few none english specking countries, first only change about 30/50 £/$ money in your country your will always get a lot better rate there.. i found talking to them in english but i use sign language of sorts with them as well and just look on the internet for a few words in there language always helps if you know where you can't to go write it down,keep cards/leaflets on you as well that will help you.. I have done eu,asia,africa and there will always be someone that will help you because they love the english language :) you will be fine :) have fun

I have a friend that she has been to many countries,she told me that although the signs and people is different from ours,but it's kind of exciting experience.You could know something about the destination you want to go in advance and learn some basic languages of that country,it's ok for communicating,just learn something before you go,everything will be ok.

Well, I guess most countries have the ENGLISH words as a sign in the street or the airport.So I think there is no need to worry about that. Or before your travel you should learn some native words, such as how are you? sorry, thank you, see you.I think that works.And I think there will be some people who can speak english, because English is really polular in the world. I havenot been abroad, but I travelled a lot of cities in China.Really a good experience for me! Good luck!