I am planning atrip to uganda

Richard L. wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am planning a trip to uganda in a few weeks time. I am wondering if
> someone has been to kampala and can tell me if it possible to withdraw money
> with a bank card from ATMs in that city...

I was able to do it without any problem in 2005, but only in Kampala.

Otherwise (and elsewhere) cash is king, USD or GBP, late model notes
only. I found better exchange rates were offered for bigger notes
(i.e., $100 note vs $10 note).

Enjoy!

Kurt

Many people were having trouble with bank machines in Kampala when we were
there. We managed to get money out of the Barclays Bank ATMs at Garden City
Shopping Centre and at the bank itself downtown using our Royal Bank of
Canada bank cards. Be sure that your PIN is no more than 4 digits. We were
travelling so we had to withdraw a lot of cash since hardly anyone accepts
VISA or debit cards. You could only withdraw 2,000,000 Uganda schillings at
a time and that would empty the machine so the next person in line might be
out of luck. (That did not make people very happy, but Ugandans are used to
things that don't work.) It took us a couple of days to get enough cash for
the whole trip.

Scott

"Richard L." <lamwoc@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I am planning a trip to uganda in a few weeks time. I am wondering if
> someone has been to kampala and can tell me if it possible to withdraw
> money with a bank card from ATMs in that city...
>
>
>