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Where can I convert Cordobas to Dollars?

willc — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:12:47 -0800

Where in the US can I go to convert Nicaraguan Cordobas to US Dollars, and am I really holding $125,000 worth? This all seems way too good to be true, so I am approaching it with a lot of skepticism. Of course, I'd love to be proven wrong!

I traveled to Nicaragua in 1991 for two weeks. Last night I was going through some old papers and found some Cordobas I had kept when I returned. I remembered that the Cordoba was on a drastic downward spiral in value in 1991, and I thought it would be interesting to see what the current exchange rate is.

In short, I have two 1,000,000 Cordoba bills and one 500,000 bill, which I probably got for a grand total of $5 back in the day.

The online exchange rates I found indicate that the current rate is $1 to every $19 Cordoba, which means between these three bills I have, I am looking at $125,000 USD. Is that possibly correct?

If that is correct, is there somewhere in the US to convert these to dollars? How does that work?

Skeptically hopeful...

Salta and Pepas

cloeburner — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:51:15 -0800

We are traveling from Buenos Aires to the north of Argentina and are looking for suggestions of where to stop and rest. My partner and I are headed northward toward Peru from Buenos Aires by bus. I will be going through Chile and she through Bolivia because of some visa entanglement, but we'd like to travel together through Argentina. We have about a week and a half to get to the point where we split (we were thinking Salta, but if there's a more efficient way, thats that.)

Any ideas or suggestions of where to go or what to see along the way. We were thinking of stopping by Cordoba, La Rioja, and Tucuman but nothing is set in stone. We are into biking, nature and experiencing local culture. We are a little underprepared gearwise for Andean winter, so someplace not too arctic would be nice. We've been in the city for a while so we'd like to see some trees and little birds. Also we like cheap delicious vegetarian food.

What should we do in Andalucía?

yankeefog — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 07:15:06 -0800

We're about to make a trip to southern Spain--we plan to fly into and out of Granada, and drive up to Cordoba in between, stopping in one or two little towns along the way. My questions are: 1. What places/activities/restaurants/etc would you recommend in Granada and Cordoba? (We've already booked our tickets for the Alhambra). 2. What little towns should we see along the way?