I lost my card in an Orienbank ATM near my hostel in Khujand. I rushed in before they closed, but they told me the card is destroyed after retrieval -...

I traveled through Tajikistan on just under $30/day - hostel dorms, street eats, shared marshrutka rides. Meal costs were around 15-25 TJS, and transp...

Wasn’t sure at first, but after comparing, I learned that choosing “With Conversion” gives you the ATM’s own, less favorable exchange rate. I withdrew...

Out of six hostels I stayed in, only one took card - and even then they added a 3% fee. Most said “machine broken” or “owner has the machine” which fe...

Yep, happened to me too in Stone Town. My Mastercard got stuck and the screen just timed out. Next morning I went to the branch, and they told me fore...

I tried to use my Revolut at a bus terminal in Moshi and got laughed at. Public transport here is old-school: cash only. Doesn’t matter if it's a mini...

I couldn’t pay for a ferry ticket at the Dar port even though my card had funds. Eventually figured out that Tanzanian POS machines sometimes block ce...

I got impatient and used the airport currency counter in Arusha - huge regret. The rate was trash and they took commission too. Later I used my Wise d...

I was in Zanzibar in May and had trouble finding ATMs that accepted my Canadian credit card. Eventually found a reliable NBC ATM in Stone Town that le...