Travel Tips: Languages

Languages are very important when people travel. If you can speak English language, you are lucky. English language is the world language, and mostly in every country, many people are learning it and can speak. However, thinking about the situations in the world, other language is useful in some area.

Here is 3 popular languages people speak in the world:

English

English is the most popular language in the world. In many countries, this is the public language, and used for signs and guides. If people can use English, they take advantage of them. In addition, some International broadcasting are always provided in English language. When travelers faces problems, they will be one of the solutions

Spanish
Spanish is one of the biggest language in the world. If you travel Spain, Mexico, and South American countries, it's very effective. Spanish language belongs to Latin language. If people can use Spanish, they can also read and understand some parts of Portuguese.

Chinese
Some decades ago, Chinese language was not important in the world. However, this country is developing, and now it becomes one of the most important languages in the world. In fact, the area of the Chinese language is not always large, but it's including the mainland China, South-East Asian countries like Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore. Also Chinese are spoken at Chinatown in the world.

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Recent days, in Canada, people tend to dislike Chinese immigrants using Chinese language. The reason of the dislike is that they don't respect of Canadian culture, and always depend on own culture they imported. In Sweden, some riots happened in May 20, 2013. The country has around 15% of immigrants from Middle East, Africa and other countries. They have fully treatments from the government for a term, but they are difficult to find jobs and solve the culture gaps. In fact, in many countries, they face the similar problems.

Understanding culture and the context is more and more important in the world. You can find yourself for the problems.

By the way, pronunciations are sometimes interesting. When people in other language speak something, by chance, the pronunciation is like one of own language words or sentence.

"Get Lucky" (2013)
by Daft Punk 

When I listen to the song, for me, a phrase "We're up all night to get lucky" is like "We're up all Mexican Lucky."

When you travel and face like this kind of interesting sounds, ask the native speaker, "what does it say?" Provably, you find some words and phrases having similar sounds but different meaning with your native languages.

Travel Tips: Travel Ads

If you are a beginner of the travel, possibly it's difficult to find your destinations. If you don't have any information of your destination, you can find some information just once you click one of them. The simplest way is to check the advertisement banners and links on the homepage.

Recent days, these ads are clever. If you open a homepage related to travel, the banners automatically show some information about travel.

However, what you need to be careful is you can believe the travel agent when you purchase from the company or not.

There are some things you need to do:

1. Compare
   If you have some specific travel agents for your travel, you can show the ads and ask about the destination to the salesperson. The Internet gives a lot of good ideas, but they are not always right for you. You can talk from the destination, transportation, hotels, and currencies with your ideas. In most cases, these kind of talks are free in the office.
2. Get your neighbor library... no, use the InternetLibraries have a lot of books, but their travel guide books are not always new. For your destinations, you always need the newest and right information. There are some ideas for it.
   

   Lonely Planet ( http://www.lonelyplanet.com/ ) is one of the best websites that always update about the world travel destinations. You can find the attractions, all attractions, landmarks, accommodation, and so on. It also has some travel apps and mobile websites.

   Hostels.com ( http://www.hostels.com/ ) is NOT for luxury travels, but for cheap travels. Mainly, backpackers and students use this kind of sites. Basically, many hostels don't have private rooms, but directly you can ask to the hostel. People who stay at these hostels usually have similar purposes for their travel. If you have a good friend, you may have a lot of travel information.

   Hostelling International ( http://www.hihostels.com/ ) This is the international association of the Youth Hostel. They have some kinds of memberships. When you get it, you can use the hostels. In some attractions in the world, they provide a kind of discount with the memberships.

   Hotels: For hotels, there are a lot of the Internet sites in the world. Without some specific chains, there are no websites for the reservations. Also, the treatments are different from countries. Please check for yourself.

   Local Travel Commissions: If you have a specific travel destination, you can figure out about the destination on the local travel commission websites. Normally, they provide new and very specific information. However, if your destination is small towns, or rural areas, frequently, they may not update. If you use, be careful. 

3. Decision
   When you did all researches and are done for compare, you can back for the first ad that you click. Then you need a decision that you pick either ads, or travel agencies around you.

In fact, these ads on homepages and blogs shows specific things. If you want to try a volunteer in Africa, it's difficult to figure out the information on the Internet. However, these advertisement show some keys for your ideas. If you have a plan, it possibly a good point to start for your dream.

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Now in my cities, students are done for th spring semester in the United States. If you are one of the lucky students, from now, you can use your precious time for your favorite things. You can work, travel, learn, love and be crazy!

"Don't Stop the Party" (2012)

By Pitbull Featuring Tjr

Now the summer party starts. Especially students who have a gap year, you have one year break for your next life. If you have a plan, it's a clue for your dream. Just a try, and be a nice man!