Taking Dollars on a longish trip
You hear a lot of people saying Dollars are the universal currency for paying miscellaneous charges/bribes at borders and for incidentals, black market petrol etc on the road. But how many do people take? Not necessarily talking about paying for your hotels in $ (unless people have done that as well) but running costs/incidental cash (the sort of thing you squirrel round the bike and riding gear). And what denominations/proportions? Obviously there's not many situations where you'll be able to ask for change but using $1 bills for everything is gonna get bulky.
The journey I'm thinking of is Europe across to Mongolia and back through the Stans. Experience and advice from those who've been there/done that appreciated!
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