Day 11: Travelling with the Malaysian Ringgit...

~24th March 2014~

That was the first we traveled to another country where we were on our own. We had lots of Malaysian Ringgit with us because we thought that our currency was higher than that of New Taiwan Dollar but sad to say, it was not the wisest way of thinking. My travel buddy, on the other hand, brought along with her a stack of Renmimbi and that was a life-saving move. The only time we managed to change our Malaysian Ringgit was in Taipei, the national bank, while other banks refused to even look at our money. My travel buddy has Australian Dollar with her as well, but that too was not usable. In the end we used her stack of Renmimbi in exchange of a few pieces of New Taiwan Dollar...

... that didn't last forever. We finished up the money in three days' time. Looks like Taiwan has a high living cost. Our driver was really kind enough to take us to the bank because actually we told him that after paying him, we would need to be a beggar for the next few days before we made our way up to Taipei. So, since Malaysian Ringgit has dropped so much, it cannot be used for trading in any third world country as well. To travel with USD now.... ugh....