Jan Trabandt Travel Blog » money http://blog.jantrabandt.com notes from my travels Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:49:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2 French Polynesia: obligatory money shot http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3763 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3763#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2015 06:54:04 +0000 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3763 Colourful! (updated to include 2 cent coin)

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]]> http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?feed=rss2&p=3681 0 Myanmar/Burma: money shot http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3602 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3602#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:51:15 +0000 http://blog.jantrabandt.com/?p=3602 Continue reading Myanmar/Burma: money shot]]> These are the most common bills (divide by 1000 for approx dollar value)  – note the Burmese numerals in addition to Roman numerals. I’d say the Burmese numerals were more common on anything not oriented to tourists.
There are no coins, no vending machines.

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Tip: pay attention when using ATM’s or you might miss what the error message is. In the airport, the ATM had communication errors once, but worked upon retry. The maximum withdrawal seemed to be K300,000/$300.

Tip: international ATM’s are slowly spreading, inc inside Shwedagon Paya (pagoda) and Nyaung  She (Inle Lake).

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