01-16-2013, 08:26 PM
Paul F. wrote:
[quote=davester]
Something similar almost happened to me. We traded homes and vehicles with a Costa Rica expat family a couple of years ago. After picking up their 4wd at the airport I selected "home" on the GPS so that it would take us to their house. There are virtually no road signs in Costa Rica (and many of the roads are just dirt tracks) so a GPS is critical. About two hours later I realized from the landmarks that we were heading the wrong direction, so I stepped through the GPS directions and realized that it was taking us back to where they originally lived...in California!
And yet, in a country not your native one, you managed to recognize the fact you were going the wrong way BEFORE you drove 900 miles...
Well, I am a geologist and my wife is a geographer, so we did have an advantage over the croatian lady.