A bit of a technical question to all of the mongers that travel into the RP for an extended period of time. I am having problems figuring out how to finance an extended trip. I would like to visit for 1-5 months. I am in Thailand at the moment and have a Thai Debit card and bank account which I think is of no value in RP.
I also have a Visa card from Canada, but would not want to take out money advances every couple of days for the high fees associated with the transaction. Also this card is important to me as it is the only link I have for back home and so do not want to risk the loss of it.
I do not want to change Thai Baht to US $ to take into RP because that would be a lot of money and the risk of loss is too great.
So how do I fund my trip? The answer for the first few days might different for the weeks ahead. What do you guys do?
Thanks for the help.
cheers