it's kinda funny..... in the philippines my wife always told me not to go out by myself.
Of course, I did anyway and luckily my wife's a filipina, so she don't like to walk too much
I did as some in here suggested; go a little further each day - then after a while I dared to take a jeepney alone. I had no idea where it went, but I knew that somehow there'd be jeepney going back again.
I should perhabs mentioning, that my wife was very worried but with no reason because I only met nice, helpful people there (yeah I got lost a few times, but being a man I would never admit that)