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<p>During my round the world trip, I always made sure I kept a few pieces of money from wherever I went. I think it was only fitting as the name of this blog is No Debt World Travel&#8230;</p>
<p>Now when we talk about money and travel, we are usually talking about how to save money when traveling, how to spend less, even how to earn money when you are traveling. But I think we can go deeper than that&#8230;.</p>
<p>A country&#8217;s money can tell stories of its founding, its identity and how people inside and outside of its borders perceive it. I think it can be as interesting as a region&#8217;s art, movies and music.</p>
<p>Here is some money from around the world. What does this money say to you?</p>
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<p>You can&#8217;t think about Egypt without the Great Pyramids of Giza. A national icon and a world treasure, I think I would be surprised if it wasn&#8217;t on money. The Pyramids are so awe-inspiring and magnificent that some conspiracy theorists says that aliens actually created these mass structures. Yeah, like little green men aliens&#8230;</p>
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<p>What animal is this? This would be the buffalo, one of the &#8220;Big Five of Africa&#8221; which include the lion, leopard, elephant and rhino. These are the animals that people come to see in South Africa when out on safari. I would guess that other South African rand denominations have the other four animals, I just don&#8217;t remember seeing it. Tourism is going to be a huge part of bringing South Africa&#8217;s economy out of the doldrums and this is always a reminder of why you come.</p>
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<p>Hockey, Canada&#8217;s national sport. Their identity is tied into hockey like Brazil&#8217;s is tied into soccer&#8230;oops I mean football.</p>
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<p>Ah yes, the first American president George Washington on the currency known around the world. Some countries like Cambodia will accept US dollars as legal tender like they accept their own money. With the world financial turmoil, US currency is still the gold standard. But now people are talking about the Euro or even the Chinese yuan taking over. I&#8217;ll believe that when I see it.</p>
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<p>This is a depiction of the Big Six, who helped launch the British colony known as the Gold Coast toward its independence in 1957 in becoming what we know now as Ghana. I love this money, it is colorful and is a great history lesson. It always reminds the Ghanaian people and anyone else who handles it where they have come from.</p>
<p>The next time you look at money, look at it beyond the good or service it can buy. What does it tell you about a country and a people? Probably alot. Just look a little deeper&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Travel News and Deals &#8211; August 11, 2009 &#8211; Alternatives to Museums, Cheap Volunteering Experiences, Buenos Aires Beef, Visiting Ghana</title>
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<p><a href="http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/09-08/reasons-living-less-developed-country.html" rel="nofollow" class="broken_link"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">5 Reasons Living in a Less Developed Country is Better Than Living At Home </span></a></p>
<p>As quoted from the article, &#8220;Growth comes through new experiences.&#8221; If you do decide to live in a different country, which I talked about <a href="http://nodebtworldtravel.com/2009/06/how-to-take-trip-that-never-ends-and.html">in a previous post</a>, here are some excellent reasons why. For those of who think this is only for single people, this is a family of 6 that has been living and traveling abroad for years.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/09-08/museums-are-overrated-here-are-8-alternatives.html" rel="nofollow" class="broken_link"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Museums are Overrated: Here Are 8 Alternatives</span></a></p>
<p>Who said culture is located only in a museum? Culture not only comes in the florescent lighted halls in a large building but on the streets, anywhere where people can be found and live their lives. Museums just seem like the &#8216;proper&#8217; place for culture. Look around and find it all around you.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/arts/design/03abroad.html?_r=1&amp;em" rel="nofollow" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">At Louvre, Many Stop to Snap but Few Stay to Focus</span></a></p>
<p>Directly related to the previous post, in defense of the Louvre, I believe the stat is that if you look at every available item in the Louvre for just 30 seconds,  it would take you 2 months. So people come to large museums to see what they want to see, get in and get out. It is really not practical to spend a whole lot of time looking at things you have no interest in, or to try to see everything.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/09-07/cheap-volunteering-experiences-how-to-find-volunteer-programs-that-suit-the-financially-challenged.html" rel="nofollow" class="broken_link"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Cheap Volunteering Experiences: How to Find Volunteer Programs That Suit the Financially Challenged</span></a></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve read about programs that charge thousands of dollars to send you somewhere to volunteer anywhere from a week to a month. Something about that just doesn&#8217;t feel right. Should you have to pay large amounts of money to help someone? The organizations use the money to fund programs to get more volunteers so I understand the need to collect money. Fortunately if you don&#8217;t want to go that route there are alternatives to spending the cash and still helping your fellow man, woman or child.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-14552-Providence-Social-Media-Examiner%7Ey2009m8d4-Tweet-your-way-to-cheap-airfare-on-Twitter" rel="nofollow" class="broken_link"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Tweet Your Way To Cheaper Airfare</span></a></p>
<p>Are you on Twitter? My twitter name is <a href="http://www.twitter.com/brianepeters" rel="nofollow" >@brianepeters</a>. Follow me! I know I need to post it prominently on the blog but when I started it was more of an experiment. I&#8217;m sticking with it, so I&#8217;ll push it more.</p>
<p>Most companies have Twitter pages that they use to post special deals and information not available to anyone else. If you have a special or particular airline, cruise line, car rental agency, whatever, sign up for their Twitter page.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/travel/09ghana.html?em" rel="nofollow" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">The Two Faces of Ghana</span></a></p>
<p>Whenever there is an article about an African country, I promote it to get people to think about visiting the Continent. I visited Ghana a few years ago and it was a great experience. I encourage everyone, not just folks of African descent, to take a look at Ghana and the West Coast of Africa. Africa is not just Egypt and Morocco.</p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Virgin Atlantic Safety Video</span><br />Last week it was Virgin America, this week it is sister company Virgin Atlantic. I saw this video on the way from London to New York and it had my attention the entire time. I have never said that I have enjoyed a flight safety video before, but I guess there is a first time for everything.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.frommers.com/destinations/buenosaires/2299020001.html" rel="nofollow" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Frommer&#8217;s Favorite Experiences from Buenos Aires</span></a></p>
<p>I keep hearing stories about the fantastic beef that is served in Argentina. As a hard core carnivore, I keep thinking about flying down and eating my way through Buenos Aires for a week.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.budgettravel.com/bt-dyn/content/article/2009/07/31/AR2009073101581.html?wpisrc=newsletter" rel="nofollow" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">New York Food Trucks Go Gourmet</span></a></p>
<p>When people come to New York they always ask where to eat. I would contend that some of the best food experiences come from the food trucks you see all around the city. I&#8217;m not talking about the simple hot dog and pretzel carts. I&#8217;m talking about the trucks that can drive from street corner to street corner, serving up all kinds of food. Indian to Italian to Mexican, anything you can get at a sit down restaurant you can get from trucks. Tastes just as good and much cheaper in price.</p>
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