Travel Language Barriers
Another common myth I run into is that virtually no one in S.E.A. speaks English and that it’ll be difficult to navigate and get things done. While this might be a bit of a problem in the most rural of areas, or as you head out of S.E.A. and up towards China, and while it’s true, there wasn’t a profoundly high level of proficiency in many areas, locals spoke ample English to get by. Or, failing that, were always happy to track down a young kid or someone nearby who could translate if needed.
In many areas I didn’t feel like the level of fluency was that much lower than parts of Central and Eastern Europe and in general follows a similar pattern the young children speak a bit of English, folks my age are a toss-up, and the older generations tend towards much less fluency.
Even in instances where language barriers were present, the incredible warmth, friendliness, and hospitality-inclined nature of the locals in each of these countries made these language gaps largely irrelevant and they were never problematic.
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