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RE: Traveling to Southeast Asia: Night train to Chiang Mai, the unofficial world capital of digital nomads
I never understood people who decide on their own you do not speak the same language. Once I participated in a conversation where two guys were discussing women in general thinking I don't understand them... it was eye-opening experience :D
I am always extremely cautious to talk about people when I think they don't understand me. I heard so many (pretty funny) stories about people talking trash about others without realising they can understand them ^^
German is a rather safe call in Asia, but you never know. With regards to english however I always assume people understand me.
I assume the same, although most of the people I was meeting in Indonesia this summer were German-speaking, so I wouldn't consider it safe. I was free to speak Bulgarian, nobody understands that one, hahah