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Exchanging Colombian pesos in Brazil

Replies: 5 - Last Post: Oct 15, 2012 10:23 AM Last Post By: evertrip

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ghman

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Oct 2, 2012 6:31 AM
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Exchanging Colombian pesos in Brazil

I have some Colombian pesos and as I'm going to Brazil soon, I was wondering if they are easy to exchange in Brazil. Will I get a reasonable exchange rate?

By the way, I'm going to Río de Janeiro.

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beerfree

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Oct 2, 2012 6:53 AM
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For most southamerican currencies you usually don´t get good exchange rates outside the country, except close to the borders

DjalmaUlrich

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Oct 2, 2012 10:33 AM
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Try using them as beer coasters.

ban_janti_return

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Oct 2, 2012 11:00 AM
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Exchange any excess to hard currency before departing

ghman

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Oct 3, 2012 3:56 AM
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Thanks for the anwers. When I came back to Europe, I found I had some pesos left that I had forgotten about. That's why I was asking. I would love to go back to Colombia, though. So I suppose I ought to do that.

evertrip

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Oct 15, 2012 10:23 AM
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You can change pesos colombianos to reais, us dollars or euros at the exchange offices in the airports. They deal with most of the south american currencies. Of course they are not the best rate, but ...
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