| tianmai11:09 UTC02 Mar 2007 | Hi,
does anyone know if its possible to buy US dollars with a card (cc or maestro) in Beijing or Shanghai? We want to continue from there by train (transsib) to moscow and want to use this currency for the trip.
many thanks in advance!
cheers,
maijana & christian
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| everbrite02:36 UTC03 Mar 2007 | Not sure that you need dollars prior to departure and certainly you can withdraw local currency and sometimes dollars in Russia using your credit card.
Hopefully you know that you should plan to get your Russian visa in Shanghai and that if you plan to travel from Beijing to Ulan Bator, you should probably plan to have a travel agency obtain these tickets are there are only 1-2 trains per week on this route.
Ruth
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| harry_mudd04:12 UTC03 Mar 2007 | No. not really. The machines will give you Local currency, and to convert local to US you need the receipt they gave you when you changed money on the way in. in other words impossible.
Beijing and Shanghai have touts that will change it for you. risky, though.
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| rwemerson05:31 UTC03 Mar 2007 | You can exchange rmb for dollars on the black market, if you are asking what to do with excess rmb.
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| tianmai07:49 UTC03 Mar 2007 | thank you! we appreciate your help!
we know of the odd russian visa regulations and we will try to get it done in bangkok. we contacted a hotel in irkutsk and have asked them to book a room and to send the needed letter of invitation poste restante to the gpo in bangkok, no answer yet.
cheers and interesting travels!
christian & maijana
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| everbrite09:17 UTC03 Mar 2007 | If you request a LOI from a hotel, it is highly likely that the hotel will only provide you with an invitation for the nights that you are staying at the hotel.
If you want an invitation, I suggest using an internet based service. These companies can fax or email you the necessary documents to get a Russian visa.
I still am not clear why you think you need USB but I sent you a PM regarding this.
Ruth
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| tianmai11:03 UTC06 Mar 2007 | Dear Ruth,
we're not sure which currency to use within russia, we have just heard that the dollar works ok.
regarding the LOI/visa we plan to apply for the visa at the russian embassy in bangkok and though it would be enough to have just some invitation to some place (we are travelling through the country by train). do you know of an internet based service to arrange the LOI?
cheers,
christian
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