James.Grage
AH legend
Picture of $20,000 Rand for my up coming South African Safari.
Blow up of the $100 Rand
These are the New Rand Bills....
I have some of the Older Rand Bills That i thought looked great.
So other than the obvious poke... "Just how new are those bills James?"
Seriously though, you opened up a nice thread to help us less experienced World travelers out... We just went to a Western Union office is PE and changed some Benjamin's in for Rand.... How do you get the best deal on exchanging money? Do it before leaving home? At your bank, airport, specialized money changer? Or do "in country"?
The PH seemed very happy with US Dollars for a tip but the trackers looked like they did not know what to do with it or how much it was... The PH told me to hand it to them so they knew it came from us, but he would take them to change it.
And how do you carry it? Seemed a lot easier to carry a couple thousand dollars than $20,000 Rand....