A reason to learn English： traveling abroad

I went to Bali last week and that's the first time to travel abroad. Frankly, I was a little excited and worried because I didt speak engllish well. In fact, language is a real problem if you travel by yourself.

English, as an international language, is very important for you to communicate with the local. You don't speak their native language because you couldn't learn so many languages in order to travel. English is a good tool for us communicating with each other.

Bali

I did some research and browsed some  network pages about how to have a good trip in Bali before I went to. Except beautiful views and interesting experience from others, how to bargain with local people was a special skill. I really knew that price of taxi until I got there. You need to have a basic information about local consumption level.

Just like in China, tourism city has a higher price for visitors. Although i was tricked by the local in price, iI still had a good holiday in Bali. People in Bali are very nice and they are happy to help visitors. You can see so many foreigners in the street. Usually, they like to have a drink and sit in a restaurant for a day. Of course, they are westerners and the chinese like to take photos from one site to the other one.

Frankly, I like Bali so much and I will go there again if i have time.

Singapore

After the trip of Bali, I went to singapore. Although the temperature is similar, the feeling is difference. Infrastructure is better than Bali. The traffic is very convenient, you can take bus or subway,by the way, they call subway as MRT(mass rapid transit).

When you enjoy the convenience of public traffic, you still have a great impression on the price of commodity. Consumption level is higher than Beijing in Singapore. I went to the most famous tourism site Universal studio with the price of  almost 1000 RMB including the express. The express is more expensive than ticket. It is ok if you don't buy it but you have to wait. you know, the queue is so long. PS, you don't need to speak english as in Bali, chinese is so common in Singapore.

I want to have more trip to experience different culture and view so this year my goal is speaking English fluently.

what's your reason to learn English well this year?