The one 8,595 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 The daughters away to Africa so we emptied out the old piggy bank and gave her the rands and the euros to spend . I'm left with three thousand Vietnamese dong after planning what I could get I checked and there worth 9 pence LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
General lee 979 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Not worth going to Vietnam to spend it then haha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dodger 3,599 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 I really liked vietnam, were in Africa is your daughter going is she backpacking or working out there ope she has a good one ; ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 29,446 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 The pound is doing well at the mo,,,good exchange with the euro,,,shop around online for a good deal if your going away chaps 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fox digger 1,086 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 The pound is doing well at the mo,,,good exchange with the euro,,,shop around online for a good deal if your going away chaps Too right, highest its been in 7 and a half years, i changed a good bit yesterday to euros and get a great deal, 1.35 with thomas exchange, were best around and rang everywhere! so 10k sterling gets ya 13,500 euros.... Makes the wages pretty good when converted to euros! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MoChara 1,632 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 I don't do anything other than sterling. It confuses the life out of me. Even trip over the border I'd take nothing to do with the euros Last euros I had was to €600 to buy a pug in Galway few years back. But the post office helped me with the correct amount I needed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 30,324 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 I was in cambodia beginning of last week got around 6300 riel for the pound,I had dollars in one pocket,baht in another,sterling in a third and riel in a fourth,load of places you had to ask would they take riel-baht-or dollars,Baht is 49?Philippine peso is currently around 68'ish to the quid. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 14,247 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Ain't so bloody good on the salaries from this side I've just requested a pay rise because of this jump in strength by the pound, as my deals now mean a shitload more for the company I work for! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,595 Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 She's away to a orphanage in Johannesburg she did a gap year in before she graduated from university she goes every year to see the kids and take them stuff , she's over for three weeks this time So how many dong do I need fo a pint a million or so ? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 30,324 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Good on your girl mate,thats some daughter to be VERY proud of,your a lucky guy,travel like that will truly enrich her,whats she studying at Uni? I think a pint is currently around 50pence in vietnam?I am probably wrong as I dont drink,I do know a drink as much as you can pub crawl in cambodia is $8 at the moment or a fiver in sterling. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,595 Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Aye I'm really proud of her she graduated in international politics and is now the manager for a large pub group but I've a idea she's going to go back to Jo berg and run the handicap section for a new orphanage that's being built in four years time 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 30,324 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Excellent human being mate,I mean that,the world is filled with too many people who just cant be bothered about the plight of others,diamonds always shine through though 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dodger 3,599 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 She's away to a orphanage in Johannesburg she did a gap year in before she graduated from university she goes every year to see the kids and take them stuff , she's over for three weeks this time So how many dong do I need fo a pint a million or so ? Fair play to her mate does she get to do a bit of traveling aswell or does she spend the full 3 weeks with the kids.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 29,446 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 If she can get way from Jo berg for a few days,,,tell her to go to the Kruger national park,,,and see all the wild life in iits natural environment ,,,,great place to go,,, 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,595 Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 She will spend the three weeks with the kids as the lot that where at the orphanage when she was there are older and leaving and she might never see hem again but she's traveled all over the world and no just Africa TOMO. when she did her first year there the wife and son went over for three weeks and took in Kruger and a few other bits while dad got left at home looking after three dugs and a dozen ferrets lol 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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