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Money for Iran, Pakistan
I am currently in Austria about to ride into Slovenia then in Southern Asia towards Australia, and need some help.
I think this subject has been covered before, but with the demise of the US Dollar, would I be better off taking Euros to change for local currency in Iran/Pakistan, or a combination of both?
I am still assuming that credit and ATM cards are of no use in Iran, or has that changed too?
Thanks in advance.
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25 Jul 2008
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I'd also be interested in this. Are there ATMs in Pakistan and Iran or not?
I'll be heading to Pakistan fairly soon so would be keen to find out what the deal is.
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25 Jul 2008
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I used euros the whole way...
Still no ATM's in Iran
you need cold hard cash
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26 Jul 2008
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money.
There are no facilities to use credit or debit cards or ATMs in Iran... the money you go in with is all you have, but plenty of people will change euros or dollars for you. Pakistan does have ATMs and the first one is in Quetta... which to me was a great relief as i was broke by that time! great countries, have fun.
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I can confirm all of the above. However, to be on the safe side it's a good idea to have some dollars. You will need them in Laos, at the latest...
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26 Jul 2008
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Thanks for the advice all. Now to stock up on the cash and find places to hide it......
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Don't count on ATM's in Pakistan to always work.
Our cards (MC and Maestro) were not accepted in Gilgit, Abottabad nor any city on the KKH. Only in Lahore we found an ATM that accepted the Cirrus network cards, and by that time, we were through our dollars.
The ATM in Lahore that worked for us was one of Standard Chartered Bank, located at (31.56712015, 74.31113536).
Like others have mentioned, taking multiple types of plastic is always a good idea.
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Went there also last month. I had no problem with my visa card. Worked nearly everywhere.
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Yeah, take Mastercard or Visa. There is even an ATM at the Pakistan border on the Khunjerab pass, although the police mentioned it only worked 50% of the time
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