Even when I traveled in India in the 1990s they advised to carry only rupees. Indians were not supposed to possess dollars. So what dollars or travelers checks I carried I just went to places that exchanged them for rupees. I was quite amazed that one would wind up with quite a wad for even $100. They didn't have large denomination bills. Of course everything cost a fraction of what it did in the US anyway. A Pepsi (or Thumbs Up) was 10-20 cents (in rupees) to give you an idea of the economic scale.
Rick Archer wrote: > HYPERLINK > "http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=7805"http://wwwthetruthseeke > r.co.uk/article.asp?ID=7805 > > > > > > > > > No dollars, India tells tourists > > > Associated Press – January 4, 2008 > > > > No dollars, just rupees please. > > > In a sign of how the once-mighty U.S. dollar has fallen, India's tourism > minister said Thursday that U.S. dollars no longer will be accepted at the > country's heritage tourist sites, including the famed Taj Mahal. > > For years the dollar was worth about 50 rupees, and tourists visiting most > sites in India were charged either $5 or 250 rupees. > > But with the dollar at a 9-year low against the rupee -- falling 11 percent > in 2007 alone and now hovering around 39 rupees -- that deal has become a > losing proposition for the tourism industry. > > T To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
