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> Have you tried taking a taxi in a country where you didn’t know the language? Yes, lots of times. It helps to know the rudiments of the language, but mostl
by gerbilly 3y ago
> Have you tried taking a taxi in a country where you didn’t know the language?
Yes, lots of times.
It helps to know the rudiments of the language, but mostly we communicated in a kind of pidgin.
Travel books used to have lists of phrases at the very back for this kind of thing. People figured it out.
- scarface_74 3y agoHow many different countries and phrase books only takes you so far. I know barely enough Spanish to almost get by. But I wouldn’t have wanted to depend on it when I was in Los Cabos for three weeks staying in a hotel and I definitely wouldn’t have been as comfortable going around Mexico hailing a cab and giving directions as I was with Uber - and also needing cash.