Different forms of communicate

If I wake up in a country where an unknown language is spoken probably I would try many different ways to communicate with people. The first thing I would do is to find a library to buy a dictionary, but this would be complicated because I don't know how to pronounce words.  
Another way could be to use hand signals, but this would be difficult because the signs are different around the world; for example, some signals means something in specific country but in other country, this could have a completely different meaning.if nothing of this works I would take a pen and paper and draw what I mean to other people be able to understand me (I hope people understand my drawings because I'm not a good drawer)