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Photo by Andy Miller, UK,
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Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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Old 21 Jul 2008
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Red face a favour from someone heading towards Colombia...

Currently I am in Costa Rica and making my way North through Central America to Canada.
ahem.. I have a favour to ask from a fellow traveller heading south...

Very recently I found about 200 dollars worth of Colombian pesos in my luggage which I had misplaced (ok, brad, lost). Good news. But I am having difficulty changing it into dollars (or local currency).

sooo, the thought crossed my mind. What if I bump into a fellow traveller going south who intends to go to Colombia??? Maybe we could work out a deal..

Anyone??
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I'll be in wet wet wet CR Aug 11th, this won't do you or your partner any good, but I wanted to compliment ya'll on the ride and the blogs.

Speech!!! Speech!!!

Haha, lots of luck ;-)
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Monteverde CR you can change here if still in CR

just drop by and I or Vagamoto will buy them
In monteverde
...the las juntas to Monteverde road is temp closed due to slide, so come through guacimal or canas - tilaran

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bugger. I was in Monteverde two days ago!!! I am on the island Ometepe in Nicaragua at the moment, heading to Granada tomorrow.

Thanks for the offer though.

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we see that

you picked up some parts from evelio at honda right ???
ah well....Mo is on way down here and may be in Nica right now he is at :
mojoriding at google mail dot com

good luck buen viaje

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bump.

Yes, that was Brad who was riding with me.

I'm heading into Guatemala tomorrow morning. (I'm in a bit of a hurry).

or else does anyone know if it is possible to change them in, say, Vancouver. maybe at the airport??

clutching at straws but the ol cash supply is really wearing thin...

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Leave them in a book and they will be taken care of

Bruce

Just a sugestion but I was thinking you cold put them in a lonley planet and put them on a table outside you room and the magic cambio man will take care of them for you.

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you know too much about me..

B#stard May your new chain loose it´s masterlink...
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