June 26, 2016 at 6:12 pm

If ever I am going to be lost in a certain place, I will ask someone for help. I don’t want to make myself all-knowing person. It is better to ask than nothing. In reality, I am good at finding directions and find the way by myself. Regardless, it is not always the case. What if I am across the border? I should need an assistance to find the directions in a new place. GPS on smartphone and the conventional use of map are not enough. Are you good at finding directions when you are in a new place?

June 28, 2016 at 4:43 pm

Well, I will not stop my self for asking any kind of help during this time. Obviously finding ways by ourself at unknown place is not a good idea, so it is better to ask someone for the same. One can also take help of GPS. I have used Google maps many times whenever I have found myself at unknown area, but that application has guided me well. It is almost perfect. So I won’t mind taking help from it.

June 28, 2016 at 5:39 pm

I could practically relate to this kind of question. I remember the time when the chairman of the board of the bank which I was working asked me that similar question if I am lost in a foreign country, what I am supposed to do. I was tongue-tied for I had never been to a foreign country. I simply replied to him that I am going to ask the police. He grinned and left me without saying a word.

You know my boss is always making a business trip abroad and he had gone to several countries and he knew what to do in case he got lost. Well, it had served me to be alert always in any question I may be asked. So I kept myself keep abreast especially in traveling abroad.

Well, the basic preparation in case a person may be losing his way in an unknown country. He should have a ready map in his possession for ready reference. Then, he should know the contract number of the consulate of his country in that foreign country. In that case, he could surely be traced or find his way to where he started.

June 30, 2016 at 10:00 pm

@naruto100 I cannot also see any wrong if we ask help from someone. Since we are foreign to certain places, it would be nice to ask the locals for its directions. We don’t want to be in big trouble for being so independent in this situation.

@nakitakona13 We really need to be ready if traveling to another country. It is also good to search about the culture of such country. There are times that tourist had gone troubles when done something that is not acceptable to the local people.

July 18, 2016 at 6:58 pm

If I get lost in a place that I am not familiar with I will ask for directions before I make a terrible mistake and end up in a mess. but usually I will look for a security personnel not just anyone because I know they will not mislead me.

July 18, 2016 at 10:21 pm

@sauda If we are going to travel to a foreign land, we need to be careful. There are times bad things may happen if we asked help from strangers. We can never tell if they have personal agendas towards us. In times like this, I usually ask a policeman for directions.

July 19, 2016 at 2:58 pm

@Shavkat, the feeling will be rumbling once lost in a way. I experienced it when I was young, at age 15, I was lost in a way in a town far from the city. I felt my heart was beating so fast and seemed like to shake,but I was determined to solve it by asking someone I sensed good human beings. I was able to reach home at 11 in the evening and my father was so sad yet mad at me. I told my family about what had happened that I fall asleep while riding on a jeepney and it passed to the place I wanted to go.The feelings sucks.

July 19, 2016 at 9:31 pm

@lovern Well, I had also lost a couple of times. But I never panicked because it will not help me. As long as I can read and can communicate with people. Then, things will be fine.