I didn’t know you can’t freely leave some countries with their currencies. I actually have some Indian Rupees and Russian Roubles from past trips. Thankfully I wasn’t searched on the way out of the country.

In fact, I just found out this wasn’t good from Peter Greenberg’s Free Daily Travel Tips. You can read Peter’s entire “Beware of Foreign Currency Restrictions” posting here.

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