Thanx screamin and cathy for your info. I will read your post screamin when I get time.
Now .... another question I hope someone can help me with. Im taking cash to Thailand and I need a safe backup in case that runs out!! Which is highly likely!! Ive read a few reports about credit card fraud on the rise so Im a bit reluctant to use mine. Ive asked at my bank (credit union) today and my atm card does not work over there. So ... my options are either to use my credit card or to get something called a Travelex card, which seems to work like an atm card with a pin number but its not linked to an actual account, so therefore a bit safer than a credit card. Only drawback is that there are costs with it, ie costs to initialise it and costs for every withdrawal etc. etc.
Can anyone advise me if this travelex card is a good thing or should I just stick to my credit card??? Knowing me - It will happen to me and Ill come home with another $2000 spent in Malaysia by someone else??!!!
Cathy - your website is fantastic and you must have gone to a lot of time and effort to set it up - so thankyou for doing that. Im actually rather jealous that you get to go on sooooooo many trips to Asia, as I have just started my travel journeys, having gone to Bali for my 40th in 2004, then Vietnam in 2006 and now Thailand this year. Next trip will hopefully be to China - have you been there yet????