POST #2: MONEY MATTERS, BEGINNER'S LEVEL

Can you change dollars here?

How many bongoes per dollar today?

Is that the official rate?

Is there an official rate?

This doesn't seem like what they told us at the travel agency.

Are we buying or selling?

We're selling dollars and buying bongoes.

Am I reading the sign right? 350,000 bongoes per dollar?

I think that's it. But 390 million bongoes for us to buy a dollar.

That doesn't sound quite right to me.

I don't know if I can get used to this.

Didn't you change any money at the airport?

Is three million bongoes a lot?

Of course it is. Almost a hundred dollars. I mean ten dollars. Wait a minute.

Do they take traveler's checks?

Can I use my charge card?

Why can't he say yes or no?

Is he saying yes or no? Which one?

Should we try somewhere else?

We can't get very far without bongoes.

Is there anyone here who speaks English?

Why aren't there any other tourists here?

Does he still have your passport?

Is that man a policeman/soldier/priest/sanitation worker?

I don't think I can get used to this.