Whether you are swapping Pokémon cards on the playground, scoring cigarettes in prison, or trading trillium ore in Azeroth, commodity money still serves a practical function in groups around the world. Thru-hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail are no exception. Let's say you have been on-trail
Currency: Jordanian Dinar
The dinar. Pronounced a bit like the English word "dinner" would be said by a very enthusiastic Scotsman (I suspect), it is how you call the currency used in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. This mysterious Jordanian currency is currently quite strong relative to the dollar (hovering at 1:1.41),
Bartering In Brazil: Reais And Their Animals
Similar to language, money is made up. It has no real value just as words have no real meaning. The value of money and the meaning of words exist because of what the society around them dictates. I could say something like "vai tomar no cu" to an English-speaking person and even if they had
