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Currency Anonymous
What would be the best currency to take to the following countries:
Russia
Mongolia
China
India?

I think the first answer that springs to mind is to use the country's own currency, but I've heard in some of these countries it's better to take $USD or Euros. Any experienced travellers in any of those countries have any advice as to which currency is best to take or is a mix the best idea?
>> Anonymous
Euros, Dollars, and that's about it, really.

Russia- I would guess Euros
MONGORIA-I honestly have no fucking idea, try Yuan or Dollars
China- YUAN ONLY FINAL DESTINATION
India- Dollars, get some converted to Rupees just in case
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>>12943
Be sure to get the Giant's Wallet for large purchases.
>> Anonymous
>>12937
I would say Yen or Czech Koruny.
>> Anonymous
China uses it's own renminbi. You're not going to get very far using anything else.
>> Anonymous
>>12937

The rule about taking USD or Euros is pretty much only true in the following situations:

- You're going somewhere really fucked up like Zimbabwe or Cuba, where the local currency is fucked and the official exchange rate is severely out of line with the actual exchange rate.
- You're travelling to heavily touristed places where they expect or prefer a lot of foreign currency (resort cities and the like).

In most legit countries (Russia, China, India) that means local currency. Dunno about Mongolia.
>> Anonymous
>>12954
I lol'd
>> Anonymous
>>12966
>You're going somewhere really fucked up like Zimbabwe or Cuba, where the local currency is fucked and the official exchange rate is severely out of line with the actual exchange rate.
If you are talking about Cuba, the difference in exchange rate only applies to USD, and it's labelled as a "tax" of some sorts - so before going to Cuba you should just convert your monies to Euros or CAD, which could then easily be turned to Cuban Convertible Pesos without paying 20% extra because you use the monies of the guys who put an embargo 'round them - so it isn't due to economicfail, and Cubans will have a hard time converting foreign money, so you won't be as well off there if you had convertible pesos.

Zimbabwe, on the other hand, is really fucked up and has a nice stream of inflation going on, and you're getting ripped off no matter what currency you carry.
>> Anonymous
Why would anyone go to Zimbabwe in the first place? Have you got a claim on a diamond mine?
>> Anonymous
even if you did have a claim on a diamond mine they'd just give it to the nigras and saw your head off anyway.
>> Anonymous
For Mongolia it's probably best to take dollars and change them in banks. The Tukruk (iirc) is something like 1000/1 with the dollar and is hopeless to change anywhere else, so make sure you change whatever you have back before you leave.
>> Anonymous
1.00 USD United States Dollars = 1,171.75 MNT Mongolia Tugriks

lol
>> Anonymous
>>13101
you know, if you believe that is important, the joke's on you...
>> Anonymous
>>13113
While it's not really *that* important (Hold the retarded comments about Japanese Yen, please) it's still funny that they deal in units of thousands for everyday activities. In before the dollar slides to this level against other currencies. Then it will be important.
>> Anonymous
>>13116
It's not hard at all, since if a currency is that worthless, you won't be buying something for one tugrik or something

I live in a country that was fucked up by inflation, and until very recently, to buy a hamburger or something you had to pay a million liras - it didn't complicate things, as people simply used "million", as if it was the name of the currency.
>> Anonymous
>>13124
Italy?
>> Anonymous
>>13126
Sounds more like Turkey.
>> Anonymous
>>13126

Sounds more like Turkey.
I remember finding 5 million liras when on holiday once. Didn't quit my job over it, so to speak.
>> Anonymous
>>13128
Well I read 'lira' so I assumed Italy since that was it's pre-Euro currency.
>> Anonymous
>>13113
Of course it's important. Mongolia's inflation is 14~% That's fucking terrible. It's no wonder you get over 1000 of their shitty units to each of ours.
>> Anonymous
>>13132
you know, if inflation stops, the added zeros don't disappear by themselves and, you know, japan...
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>>12966
The Kremlin doesn’t like people mentioning something other than the ruble (or the new new new new new ruble, as it is now). I heard they call dollars “not rubles” to get around that.

Dollars are accepted everywhere where there’s a foreign exchange market. But, like mentioned above, if you’re going to China, you’ll have to go on the black market. Even a certain hypocritical investor admitted to doing it.