I’m a very cautious traveler. I leave copies of important documents with friends and in protected computer files. There are locks on all my bags, with address labels both outside and within. I wear a money belt during international transit. And I keep money in more than one place.
These practices have saved me from a few sticky situations. But hiding money all over the place . . . I may have to rethink this one:
I recently cleaned out a few old travel pouches and a drawer of old travel information, and this stack of currency is what I found. While part of me wants to hold on to bits of currency from each country with hopes that it will lead me back again, my bank account has other ideas. I cashed in this loot for almost $200 USD! Who knew . . . .
Oh, and since taking this photo and exchanging the money, I found another previously undiscovered supply of cash–Singaporean dollars and Japanese yen. I’m pretty excited about the yen :)
Always helpful to have lots of foreign currency when you’re a secret agent.
don’t blow my cover! ;)