Tuesday, June 17, 2008

reply to Ysabelle - driver, exchanging currency

Hi Ysabelle,
you DO NOT need to pay the driver who picks you up. Sorry if that was a confusion. A ChinaCare driver will pick you up.

As for exchanging money, my dad mentioned yesterday that Chinese currency is not open-market. I thought you could exchange money in America, but I'm not totally sure. Give it a shot, if that doesn't work, then bring American currency to the airport and exchange money there. DO NOT exchange money from any one except banks and the airport, otherwise, getting fake bills is a possibility.

For the last 2 weeks, I think I've lived on ~200-250 RNB at most, and that was including some gifts for home.

Hope this all helps!

Joan

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