We tried out the hotel bar last night (happy hour beer was $0.75) and found it to be very pleasant, if overpopulated by westerners. A good mix from Australia, Germany, England, France and Spain, none were your back packer set/but all were enjoying themselves.
We had a few local beers and were also given complimentary nuts and spring rolls which were unexpected but a nice surprise- as was being licked out at 22:30. No kidding, even for residents it was "time gentlemen, please" and withn half an hour the entire bar was closed and in darkness.
How very British.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Crazy Bank Charges
It's not just the ANZ that charges $4 per withdrawal, all the banks do. We've just coughed up sixteen dollars in fees, well over a tenner. :-(
ATM Problem Solved
The difficulty we experienced yesterday was not down to the Nationwide we believe, rather the ANZ bank. As with our bank in the UK, we have to allow a period of 24 hours in between withdrawals but what we forgot is that this is for the time zone the bank is from, not local time.
New Zealand is another four hours ahead of us and so we had in fact withdrawn our cash after midnight on 28th October (so the 29th in Kiwi country) meaning we had to wait until today to have another go.
Instead we used another local bank and it all worked fine.
New Zealand is another four hours ahead of us and so we had in fact withdrawn our cash after midnight on 28th October (so the 29th in Kiwi country) meaning we had to wait until today to have another go.
Instead we used another local bank and it all worked fine.
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