Local Language
This is probably the best tip of all because there always is a time when you need help from a local and if you can break the language barrier by a smile or a simple phrase or two then you've made a great start.
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Originally Posted by henryuk
I've got a tip for them:
'For each country you go through learn hello, goodbye and thank you plus two phrases- "have you got any petrol" and "there is an on-the-spot fine for this offence in my country officer"'
Although to be fair taking your gloves and helmet off and shaking hands, combined with a big grin and no local language will get you off pretty much every police stoppage, normally with free tea and cigarettes into the deal.
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Apart from this my travel tip for going aboard would be to take a Travelex card as you can top it up online from your bank account and withdraw any currency from pretty much any bank in the world. Saves messing around with currency conversion, traveller's cheques and the like.
When close to home or on weekend trips I always carry swiss army knife and a petzel head torch, you never know when you'll need to cut something in the dark...
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