Traveling to countries where you don't speak the language?

[striker]

Do you travel to countries where they don't speak any of the languages you know? I myself do a lot, English being spoken by almost a billion people you'd be hard pressed to not find somebody who speaks it, if all else fails a little sign language always breaches the language barrier .

 

[dinosaur]

I've never met anyone human I couldn't communicate with.

 

[campingear]

I think with all the apps, translators and books in the libaries, online, offline , everyone should be able to communicate with one another. And then with their eyes as well or the writing or pointing to.

 

[CozInCowtown]

That was allways half the fun traveling abroad for me.
Just be patient and friendly and you should have a great time "conversing" with others who do not speak english.
Just do not get frusterated and cop an attitude. You are a foreigner, not them and being an American is not your ticket to being a jerkoff. I have seen this several times in the past.
DC

 

[Trailer]

I've always tried to learn enough to get around, or else travelled to places where I had a grasp of the language. I speak several European languages, so can make a good stab at it.

 

[Sasha]

I took a cruise to Mexico when I was younger and it was awful. I was hard pressed to find anyone that admitted to knowing English and was given the wrong directions in several instances. I won't be going back until I know Spanish that is for sure!