Based on the context and the answer, generate a question. 

Context: This unplanned leg of our trip meant we navigated via whatever maps we could find : the atlas from the kind fellow on the ferry , the brochures at the drugstore , the ranger 's station maps , the free phone books at the Chamber of Commerce . Whenever we met a local , we asked for suggestions . And they never let us down .

Answer:

To get tips .



Why did the narrator approach to strangers ?