Money Money Money, Must be funny in Japan. Nope, rather Dull

Got all my Money and Travelers Cheques, i have about 100pound of yen in cash, and the rest(about 1200squiders) in TC's. Looks quite impressive, but the Yen notes are so dull, very grey with pictures of quite dull looking Japanese men on them. But one of them does have rather impressive hair! I got all from my local bank, and American Express does Yen Travelers Cheques, which some people don't. There was also the option of having and American Express Travelers Card, which works just like and AMEX credit card, except you load it up before you go. Handy, but only does Dollars or Pounds, and quite a few Japanese shops don't really accept plastic. But AMEX is very widely accepted where they do. Conscious i have to impart some of my wisdom for my fellow travelers, a few of Scottie Boys top tips.

1. Never keep all you TC's together, thats just stupid, get a money belt (fanny pack) to put some in, and secrete the rest amongst your stuff, just don't forget where you put it all, you dont want to get home and do your washing and find 10000 yen in your smelly keks.

2. Sign you TC's as soon as you get them. Dont want no foreigner nicking them do we!

3. Make a list of all your TC's numbers and spend them in order of the list, making sure to score them off as you use them, this means you know exactly what you have left, and how much you have spent. And makes sure you have not lost any!



Thats about it folks, that was the first post for a while from me. Only 6 days 13 hours and 27 minutes to go, im peeing myself with excitement.



Scottie Boy