Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Burma at Last! | Asia Forum | Fodor's Travel Talk Forums

Take a variety of denominations, so you will have exact change for hotel bills, for instance. $100 bills will get the best exchange rate when you are buying kyat. Note that kyat are worthless outside Burma, so spend it before you leave .... But the intrepid taxi driver dropped me off, and he and Cheryl drove around the block until he located a place where he could park briefly. I went to Santa Maria, and gave them a stack of crisp US currency in exchange for the tickets. ...