In Reply to: Ron posted by Lawar Lover on Wednesday, 8. February 2012 at 17:51 Bali Time:
in early 1998. So many of the sharp increases in exchange rate did not filter through to that area. Where I lived there was no electricity and there was very little mobile phone reception in the region.
I did go to Ujung Pandang to exchange some Travelers Cheques(OMG how quick have we moved on from those darn things).
The girl in the bank was trying to give me 14,000 to the dollar because my TC's were American Express. I had one hell of a hassle explaining that the rate was too high and the cheques were in Australian currency. (Okay I do suffer from terminal stupidity)