Climb For A Cause

I should have learnt Swahili (Vamshi)

We did a lot of good preparation for this trip but I'm not getting the most of it. I have assumed that English is good enough. It just didn't occur to me that the people who know english will know just enough so visitors can get by. Its a tough life the locals lead and they do understand that tourists are money but perfecting english is not their priority.

I'm missing out on a lot of the culture as I can't converse with the locals and ask them the questions that I would like answered. They most often misunderstand the question as my questions are not typical tourist questions. I don't follow any of the jokes going between the cook and the driver/guide on the Safari trip.

I bought this English to Swahili phrase book - lets see if I can pick it up and get something out of it in the next 6 days.

posted by Climb For A Cause @ 8:03 AM