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Old Aug 21, 2016, 9:48 pm
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Swiss Tony
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Just some feedback from my trip. I found that usd and Crc were widely interchangeable, albeit at sometimes a hard rate of 500:1.

However the big issue was large denomination notes. I had picked up some Crc in London before the referendum but this included a 50000 note. Places were reluctant to accept this which caused me some problems towards the end of the trip culminating in me having to take more cash out of an ATM just to get some small notes. Also some places won't take us bills over $20 but given the prices in Costa Rica, I think there's a need for the service industry to wake up here.
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