#21 Ecuador used to have its own currency, but since it (The sucre) lost 67% of its foreign exchange value during 1999 and its value nosedived an additional 17% over the course of one week, ending at 25,000 sucres per USD on January 7, 2000, president Mahuad was forced to adopt the USD. All Latin America currencies are waste paper.
The problem is that many tourists do little to no research before they travel to a foreign country. As an absolute minimum, people should know the currency of the country they are visiting.
“In Bogotá, Colombia, we can spot a tourist if we see them wearing shorts. Tourists (Americans, TBH) think all of Colombia is tropical and hot, humid weather but Bogotá is actually really cold so it makes no sense for anyone to be wearing shorts.”
#21 Ecuador used to have its own currency, but since it (The sucre) lost 67% of its foreign exchange value during 1999 and its value nosedived an additional 17% over the course of one week, ending at 25,000 sucres per USD on January 7, 2000, president Mahuad was forced to adopt the USD. All Latin America currencies are waste paper.
The problem is that many tourists do little to no research before they travel to a foreign country. As an absolute minimum, people should know the currency of the country they are visiting.
That´s false ("All Latin America currencies are waste paper").