Exactamente! In Thailand there is no attempt to understand my words even though I'm one octave off getting it right... Along with pointing to the damned subject matter 5555.
Mexicans can figure it out... They always try to LISTEN to my poor Spanish.
HUGE plus to live there and not feel so isolated here. Five years of listening to the various village heads and for all I know they're planning a coup or something. I've no idea.