Some things cost less than they would in Australia; some things cost the same; and some cost more. Here's a sample...
Postage for a soft cover atlas of Chile (a present for a little Australian friend) to Australia = $14
One mini Spanish dictionary = $17 (the English-Spanish one I bought in Australia cost $10)
Sandals (on sale) = $35
A stapler, staples, scissors, sticky tape and a bottle of water = $16
One toy truck (a present for another little, Chilean, friend) = $12
One waterbottle = $4
Train tickets for a week = $14
Entry to football match = $14
BTW $1 Australian = $421 Chilean pesos!
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- fional
- Fiona is a proud Tasmanian who now calls Chile home. Both Hobart and Santiago sit beneath mountains, but the mountains are very different and their cities too. With God's help, Fiona will help her Chilean sisters make sense of the Bible, get to know its Author better and learn what it means to live as loved, forgiven people.
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Just a few thoughts which may or not be helpful. HSBC Bank if you have one near by is the best bet for good banking. Otherwise, look on your regular ATM card for the brand logo on it. Ours are commonwealth bank they have CIRRUS and MAESTRO on it so any ATM with that LOGO will accept our card & we're able to withdraw from our regular/ savings type acc. Or do you have a card that you use for both accounts rather than a card for mastercard & a card for your regular acc. ? if so that may be the problem? the latter is only a guess though. Mel M
I don't think we have HSBC here, but Banco Estado is great cos they don't charge a fee for withdrawing from a foreign account (unlike other banks which charge Ch$3000 = AUS$6). Maybe the CIRRUS/MAESTRO thing is my problem - my Mastercard credit card has CIRRUS on the back and it works, but my VISA debit card has PLUS on the back and it doesn't. Still it's a *VISA* card - surely it should work. And the ATM machines have the VISA logo on them. But I'll have a look for CIRRUS & PLUS next time.
cool well let me know how you go. i only managed to work the banking & cash accessing thing due to my ex banker husband, aka he worked it out for me cos he knows :P its good to know for future trips and fellow cash withdrawing overseas friends having problems :) Mel XX
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