January 9, 2014
One of the challenges of traveling from country to country is figuring out the currency. It's easy to get confused and not really understand prices of items offered for sale.
In Thailand, 30 "baht" is about equal to one US dollar, depending upon the exchange rate. On the OTHER hand, one US dollar is equivalent to 20,000 Vietnamese "dong". It is not unusual for the dinner bill for the six of us to total over a MILLION dong! Larry and I bought a lovely original watercolor painting yesterday for 400,000 dong or $20 US. The most common Vietnamese bill is the 100,000 dong. US currency is sometimes accepted in shops, but it MUST look crisp and new or it will be rejected!
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I'll refrain from making the obligatory "dong" joke, because I'm sure Larry and the boys have already beaten me to the punch.
I always thought that foreign currency just felt like Monopoly money. It's got to be maddening to keep track of how much baht, dong, ruples, imperial credits or whatever you're spending on a day-to-day basis.
This is your son, Phil, by the way. For some reason, my Google account has me listed as Angelo Pappas, which was a character that Gary Busey played in the movie Point Break. I'm sure I set it up like that years ago as an amusing joke to myself. Love you both. Hope you're having fun.
This is your son, Phil, by the way. For some reason, my Google account has me listed as Angelo Pappas, which was a character that Gary Busey played in the movie Point Break. I'm sure I set it up like that years ago as an amusing joke to myself. Love you both. Hope you're having fun.
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