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Re: [OM] IMG: Iranian Money

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Iranian Money
From: Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 14:12:04 -0400
Absolutely the friendliest, most hospitable people we have found in our
travels.

Tina

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Michael R. Collins <
MRC.OlympusList@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Reminds me of a similar situation in 1978. We were camping on the
> outskirts of Esfahan [London-Kathmandu overland tour], and I wanted to take
> the bus into the city, going to a pharmacy to buy gamma globulin shots.
>
> No idea what the bus fare was, so I put an assortment of coins on the palm
> of my hand and gave a quizzical look to the man at the front of the queue.
> He smiled and moved a number of coins aside; that was the fare. Generally
> speaking, the friendliest country we travelled through, even in the Tabas
> area which had been struck by a deadly 7.5+ earthquake the previous month.
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> On 16-05-11 12:38 PM, Paul Braun wrote:
>
>> First, that's cool that the locals are that honest. Too bad more people
>> aren't like that.
>>
>> Second, what Ken said. That's a NatGeo shot (the classic NatGeo in the
>> pre-Murdoch days. When that happened, I let my subscription expire.
>>
>> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 6:22 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> PESO:
>>>
>>> We never got used to using Iranian money.  When we lived in Iran in the
>>> 1970's one dollar equaled 8 rials.  Today one dollar equals 30,000 rials.
>>> That makes for awkwardly large amounts of bills so prices are often given
>>> in tomans, which means you knock one zero off of the rial amount.  What
>>> Tom
>>> would do is hold out a handful of money and let the merchant choose what
>>> he
>>> needed:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000r1PIO5ggNp4
>>>
>>> We were never cheated and they always rounded out the price in our favor!
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
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