Currency |
| The kyat (pronounced like yacht with 'ch' at the beginning) is the currency of the people. The FEC (Foreign Exchange Currency) is a means of fleecing tourists. You are required, at the airport - upon arrival, to exchange US$200 into 200 FEC (minus a $2 service charge). Theoretically they have the same value. When, however, you go to exchange US$ into kyats you get a drastically different exchange rate. The best we saw for US$ was 490 kyats to US$1. The same fellow was only willing to give 380 kyats to 1 FEC. There is also an example of a 1 kyat note from before they changed the name of the country from Burma to Myanmar. |
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1 FEC note | |
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500 kyat note | |
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100 kyat note | |
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20 kyat note | |
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10 kyat note | |
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5 kyat note | |
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1 kyat note | |
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