My hot and sour soup was doubly good.
Seasoned travelers learn quickly that merchants and money changers may well reject U.S. currency that does not meet their standards.
A tiny tear, too much wrinkling or an unsightly smudge may well upend a transaction. The New York Times’ Thomas Fuller has an amusing video on his problems changing money in Myanmar.
As someone who has traveled far and wide and worked on introducing newly designed U.S. currency to the world, I accepted a crisp $2 note unthinkingly in change from the driver of a motorbike with whom I had ridden to the Riverside neighborhood of Phnom Penh. (I rarely take advantage of such casual “taxi” services such as motos or tuk-tuks.)
I guess I was so intrigued by the appearance of that denomination, which I never have seen here in Cambodia and hadn’t seen in the U.S. for quite some time, that Continue reading
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