In Reply to: Email posted by trvlbg on Thursday, 7. September 2006 at 12:18 Bali Time:
No you dont lose alot of money. But its good to be able to change money when ever you want. It can be a bit daunting talking in thousands so try this trick i used on my first trip.
Put you one of your fingers over the last three zeros on a note so you can see what you actually have, friends of mine have mistaken a 1000,000 note for a ten and tipped more than they thought. Also I make myself a table on the computer before I go with the exchange rate as it doesnt change that much it normally looks a little like this
7'000rup - $1
20'000 - $2.80
50'000 - $7.14
250'000 - $35.71
1'000'000 - $142.85
This is helpful for a q1uick reference and it means you wont waste your time bartering over $2.
Good luck have a great time
But if you wanna talk to some friendly locals drop into Bali Brumby they are in the lane between bubba gump and the sling shot down near discovery plaza.