Touring Singapore & Australia on a Budget.

[viper]

wish i could have holidays like that with no money 

[mecki]

Debs, we had Singapore dollars but the Australian dollars we were having placed into an Aussie account. Or at least that was the plan. None of it arrived despite our bank having multiple attempts.

The experienced globetrotter uses plastic (debit card) and a hole-in-the-wall to withdraw cash (i.e £300 at a time). 
You will find you get a better exchange rate and the fees are lower than transferring money into a foreign account or buying foreign currency.
Travellers cheques are another option if you don't feel comfortable with cash in your pocket. Especially in Singapore you can then haggle the exchange rate as well. 

[Lonewolf]

Mecki I purposely didn't take my credit/debit cards because the costs were avoidable by having cold hard cash......or that was the theory. Live and learn, sent some money out to family who I borrowed from via PayPal when we got back it was there within two hours. 

[Rusty]

Steve .... of course nothing less than EPIC pictures and commentary .... still waiting for my lens to arrive !!!
It truly looked as if it all added up to what you had expected ... even without any money that must have been a great great trip.
Now .. when are you back to work ??? 

[Lonewolf]

Back tomorrow on earlies

[Rossendale Rider]

Welcome back Steve. Truly professional looking photos there; you're waisted on the streets of Bradford. We're away to Malaysia in Jan but I doubt I can even partly match your imagery skills. I'll see how it goes. As for overseas payments, we have one of those nationwide credit cards and their exchange rates are always better than any other local rate.
Hope you get a bit of compensation for the stress. You could maybe change the bike for a better green one

[Lonewolf]

Andy, hi. I've only ever heard about your bike, never actually seen it.....does it actually exist?
I'm sure you'll enjoy Malaysia, I think thats where Asif went very recently.