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You will get different answers if you ask people from different countries, " Could you tell me the way to the post office?"
In Japan, people use landmarks(地标). For example, the Japanese will say to visitor, " Go straight down to the corner, turn left at the big hotel go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop. "
In America, the Midwestern land is wide with few towns or buildings. So instead landmarks, people tell you directions and distance. In Kansas, for example, people will say, "Go north two (mile), turn east and then go another mile. "
People in Greece sometimes do not even try to give directions few visitors understand their language. A Greek will often say, "Follow me. " Then he or she will lead you to go across the streets (get) to the post office.
Sometimes if a person doesn't know the answer to (you) question, he or she, like a New Yorker, might say, "Sorry, I have no idea. " But in Yucatán, Mexico, no one (answer), "I don't know. " People in Yucatán think "I don't know" is not polite. They (usual) give an answer, but often a wrong one. Therefore, it is much (easy) for visitors to get lost in Yucatán.