How do you find your way around with no sense of direction?

Hi everyone,

The easiest solution would be to find a travelling companion who DOES have a good sense of direction.

It's often difficult to know which way is north or south in a foreign city. But you can buy a small compass (keychain-size). Also, take a look at a map of the destination you are going to, before you go there, to become familiar with the street names and general layout of the city.

Most cities have a central axis- either a main street or a river. Or they have a focal point, like the Acropolis in Athens. If you can find your way there, you can usually get a sense of where you are, and find your way to where you want to be.

Whenever I check into a hotel, I get a business card from the front desk. That way, if I get truly and hopelessly lost, I can jump into a taxi, show the driver the card, and at least get back to my hotel.

I hope that's helpful.

You can buy pretty cheap GPS's nowdays and load the maps of the area you are heading to then never be lost again. If you have a smart phone you can log into googlemaps and check out where you from there too.

Perhaps I am old-fashioned, but I prefer maps to GPS, GPS screen doesnt match map-size.
Remember that maps generally (in Europe at least) have north UP, so south is DOWN, west is LEFT and east is RIGHT on the map.
A compass is an ok idea,but beware of deviation. Lot of not too advanced phones have an electronic compass (my five years old NOKIA have one in the sports-menu), it is perhaps more reliable than a cheap, small magnetic compass.
If you can see the sun and know local time, the sun is in the south at noon, east at 6 AM, west at 6 PM and north at 12 PM (you have to spend some time north of the arctic circle in summer to actually see that).

Hope this was a little help.


How do you find your way around with no sense of direction?

How do you find your way around with no sense of direction?

How do you find your way around with no sense of direction?

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