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[amcan123]

hello - is it still worth carrying USD or should I continue with my bank card instead? I won't be carrying a visa with me on my trip.

[amcan123]

however, i do expect to pickup local currency - at airport, best spot or somewhere else?

[amcan123]

speaking of which, best way to carry currency? in shoe, was advice from a friend.

[phuketrichard]

speaking of which, best way to carry currency? in shoe, was advice from a friend.

u can get small, cigar like containers to place up ur ass,
as long as u stay out of the gay bars ,ur money will be safe

[Arget]

speaking of which, best way to carry currency? in shoe, was advice from a friend.

u can get small, cigar like containers to place up ur ass,
as long as u stay out of the gay bars ,ur money will be safe

Yep I heard that too. They have a trigger set so that if someone attacks you and tries to insert their dick a small explosive charge blows their dick off.
They will never get away with violating you...

[Micmac]

Find a nice Khmer woman,she will guard your money with her life..

[Beebo]

Carrying USD is worthwhile if you're not sure your bankcard will be accepted. Is it a Visa debit? If not you may have problems...
I carry cash in a money clip. Wallets are bulky and can be easily swiped. I carried a benjamin in my shoe once, forgot all about it, remembered if after a few months, when I pulled it out it was rotten and stinky. No currency exchange place would accept it...until I returned to the US, haha
Local currency you'll get as small change. Don't waste your time exchanging it from USD.

[John Bingham]

Local currency you'll get as small change. Don't waste your time exchanging it from USD.

Bad advice unless you are restricting yourself to tourist areas and you want everything rounded up to the nearest dollar.

[bittermelon]

I'd say it also depends where you spend your money. At "westerner-oriented" places like supermarkets and fast-food places they prefer U.S and charge you more to use riel- $1 = r4100. But if you're going to food stalls for lunch, and buying beer from the small street-sidestores they just make it $1 = r4000. You can go to a money changer and change your U.S for riel at $1= r4040. People might call me a cheap-ar## for this but like they used to say "a penny saved is a penny earned". If I had changed $ for r right from the start of my last trip I figure I would have saved 30- 40 $- thats more than 60 cans of ice-cold Angkor beer!

[username]

Local currency you'll get as small change. Don't waste your time exchanging it from USD.

Bad advice unless you are restricting yourself to tourist areas and you want everything rounded up to the nearest dollar.

Nonsense. Just don't expect a seller to accept a 20$ note for your 500r water bottle. Not in tourist areas and not in the jungle.