Money for the Africa trip
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Money
This page lists the various countries I will be travelling through, and the currencies I will have to use. I am hoping to complete my cycle trip on £4000 or less, and will take my ATM card, as well as a combination of cash, euros, US dollars and travellers cheques.
To save this amount of money over a little less than a year, has meant a lot of personal sacrifice (no car, no drink, little social life), but it has meant that i can save about £500 a month. I don't have the highest paid job in the world, and rarely come out with more than £1100 a month, but the way that I look at it, is that every £15 I save is another day on the road, and that's the important thing for me.
| Country | Currency | Notes |
| E.U. Countries | Euro | Well, if there is anything positive to be said about the Euro, it's that it will make my life easier travelling through countries which have it !! |
| Slovakia | Slovakenska Koruna | ATM cards will work with no problems here. |
| Hungary | Forint | ATM cards widespread, but will have back up of Euro's. |
| Romania | Lei | Change money in big cities. ATM's available. Euros or US Dollars as backup. |
| Bulgaria | Leva | ATM's available. Euros, US dollars and pounds as backup. |
| Turkey | Lira | ATM's available. Can exchange Euro's, dollars or pounds in exchange offices and post offices. |
| Syria | Pound / Lira | ATM's in major cities. Banks in towns will exchange currency. Will probably use US Dollars. |
| Jordan | Dinar | ATM's widely available. Travellers cheques exchanged in most places. |
| Egypt | Pound | ATM's only in tourist towns. Exchange cash or travellers cheques. |
| Sudan | Dinar | Can basically only exchange US dollars. |
| Ethiopia | Birr | Can exchange US dollars. Maybe travelers cheques in US dollars as well. |
| Kenya | Shillings | Cash, travellers cheques and some ATM's |
| Tanzania | Shillings | Cash and travellers cheques. US dollars needed for entry to some wildlife zones |
| Mozambique | Metical | ATM's widespread. Currency exchange for US dollars |
| South Africa | Rand | ATM's widespread, cash and travellers cheques. By this time, i will probably be putting everything on my credit card, and worrying about it later!! (Especially as i will have to buy a flight back!!) |
Last Updated (Saturday, 13 February 2010 01:08)















