Hi Chris
We changed money in the main street in BEN GUERDANE, just after the roundabout. The town is about 33km from the Libyan border.
The dealer had a small shop selling everything from sardines to Libyan Dinars. He warned us against going to the shop next door – “he’s a CROOK,” he told us.
Ignoring his warning, my driving partner went to the shop next door… and received the same advice!
And an offer at the same rate too.
Long live free enterprise!
My euro notes were counted out on the bench. His Libyan Dinar notes were counted out for me to examine. I picked up his, and he picked up mine. The deal was done, nothing clandestine, and we shared a good humoured laugh between us.
The rate was, I recall, better than the 1.4 per Euro that I stated in my last post, it was around 1.65 I think.
Budrinna, I read you post with interest - next time I'll try it out. I guess my black-market system falls down when I try to change LD back into Tunisian Dinar. Under the circumstances, it wasn't necessary.
Regards
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