Pack important or expensive items in your carry-on, they may be stolen from checked baggage. Carry a small pocket notebook to keep track of your trip, prices, gifts. Write down numbers or words to show others who do not speak English. Do not drink or brush teeth with tap water. Take a gift for first meeting with woman, maybe one red rose.
Flowers are always given in odd numbers, even numbers and yellow are for death.
Ask interpreter's advice. Be prepared for problems, things and people different from what you expect, just go with the flow, and have fun. Checkout the Woolly Mammoth at The Zoological Museum.