Does anyone know if it is easy to exchange yen for colones
in CR? When travelling in SE Asia I could quite often get
away with using yen. I'm in Canada at the moment (with a
handful of yen left from my days in Japan), and would like
to use this money for a trip to CR and Panama this month,
but I don't want to lose out on the rates by exchanging yen
for CD dollars for US dollars for colones. Anyone have any
experience with this?
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Your best bet is to hold on to your yen until you can
exchange them for US Dollars. It is by far the easiest
currency to exchange in Central America. In Mexico you
almost don't even need to exchange it(although banks give
you better exchange rates than merchants, so exchanging it
might be a good idea). Other than at borders, it is about
the only foreign currency that can be reasonably exchanged
throughout Central America.
Its your best bet... Do at the airport.