http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye An Outsider Inside Thailand Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:37:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/12/return-to-my-future-colour-of-money-matters/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/12/return-to-my-future-colour-of-money-matters/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:30:07 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=137
Once you begin travelling abroad, you quickly learn that the colour of your money does matter. As I described earlier this week, even in the highly internationalised environment of a foreign airport transit lounge, some currencies are accepted, others are not. Whilst my experience in Chermenteyov, in 1999, regarding some shops accepting multiple currencies, and some accepting a select few, may or may not have been due to business operator's preferences, or due to airport rules, or even Russian laws, it did show me that travelling abroad requires a degree of preparation for the unexpected.]]> http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/12/return-to-my-future-colour-of-money-matters/feed/ 0