Starting Conversations, Making Friends, and Ending Conversations
 
Places to meet people, good and bad
Opening lines
Appropriate topics for first conversations
Danger signals
Ending conversations - friendly
Ending conversations - evasive
When someone won’t leave you alone
Dos and dont’s
Culture-specific cautions or advisories. There may be important traditions (like bowing in Japan), taboos, or dangers specific to the countries you plan on visiting. Do some research and find out what they are.
NOTE: You may also want to take a look at your old English conversation textbooks for dialogs or conversations involving meeting people, introducing yourself, beginning and ending conversations, etc.