Katherine_diaryentry+2

I didn't want to go on any sort of organised tour because I wanted the opportunity to be able to go off and do what I wanted so there wasn't a great deal of interaction with staff there. I decided that I would try and learn basic greetings and salutations before I came here for no other reason than to make going places easier for me. The learning didn't go too well but when I hear the words that I am supposed to know I realise what they are and then I can understand. So when on the very rare occasion that I was approached by someone who worked there, I understood the initial parts of the conversation. I made them aware from the beginning that I didn't know much Indian and one person actually switched to almost perfect English which made everything a lot easier. But due to the fact that I like to do things on my own there was not much need for any verbal interaction.