The Indonesian Rupiah has slipped against many western currencies lately and that makes visiting Bali even more attractive.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
1 US Dollar = 10,282.0 Indonesian Rupiah
1 Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) = 0.00009726 US Dollar (USD)
I cut and pasted that little chunk out of BootsnAll.com's whiz-bang-super-duper currency converter.
The Rupiah is the worst performing currency in the region right now which is great for me as I get paid in dollars. Even the Aussie dollar is doing okay right now so your Bintang budget has just got bigger.
1 Australian Dollar = 7,773.91 Indonesian Rupiah
1 Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) = 0.0001286 Australian Dollar (AUD)
British travellers are laughing right now and I reckon the beers are on them.
1 British Pound = 18,515.8 Indonesian Rupiah
1 Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) = 0.00005401 British Pound (GBP)
Back in 1993 when I first came to Indonesia is was 2,000rp to the US$. How things have changed. Here's a more thorough account of the situation for those who can count.
Oh well let's look on the bright side. If the economy goes down the crapper in the next 6 weeks, I will be able to hire staff for my trip for 25 cents a day.
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G’day Nick,
Great idea putting up the foreign exchange on the blog. That Oz dollar is damn attractive. No wonder Candika Sms’d me last night!. Time to top up the account over there she reckon’d.
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