A Million Here, a Million There

Today I took out over two million from the ATM; tomorrow I will pay a hotel bill of over three million. Easy come, easy go. Not only is this an inexpensive country to travel in, but the exchange rate is a phenomenal 9000 rupiah to 1 dollar. It's easy to get lost in all those zeros so, like Indonesian people, we learn the bills by color. The red bills are the largest denomination: 100,000 rupiah, or about 10 dollars. It's fun to be a millionaire for the month. I'll miss all those zeros when we get home.

Counting out rupiahs to pay the hotel bill.