From the moment the taxi driver pulls over to look at the hand-scrawled address you can’t pronounce, to the moment the hotelier calls your tour company for you because you’re afraid they won’t speak English — you are indebted. As a traveler, you always are.

It would be great if you could speak the language. It would surely enrich your trip. But it’s unlikely you do.

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