Wednesday, 26 April 2006 @ 7:00pm. The images below come from various sites on the Internet…
INDONESIAN MONEY, A.K.A. RUPIAH:
Money here also comes in 1000, 5000, and 100000 bills. There are also 25, 50, 100, and 500 coins. Today’s exchange rate is about 1 U.S. dollar to 8,800 Indonesian rupiah. This is generally good for the Indonesian economy and not so good for foreigners like me who have U.S. dollars. I actually have to check the exchange rate quite frequently since a few hundred or thousand rupiah adds up quickly.
In addition, even though I deal with such large denominations (i.e., lots of zero’s) everyday, I don’t think my mental math has improved all that much. 
Don’t ask me how I managed to get through all those statistics classes either - it’s all about the computer doing the number-crunching!
TRANSPORTATION: I usually ride on the back of someone’s motorbike, but for longer distances I take the Busway or a Blue Bird Taxi.
I have used a bajaj for transportation before, but sometimes it’s faster to walk if the traffic is really bad!
thanx for the posted pics on indonesia. I didn’t have to work my ass looking for the pics. U made my day!! thanx a lot ^______^
Comment by miss — April 10, 2008 @ 9:09 am