Money, Budget, and Shopping for Kyrgyzstan

Money

Currency

• Currency: Som (100 tyiyn).

• Banknotes: 1, 10, and 50 tyiyn + 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1,000, and 5,000 som.

• Coins: 1, 10, and 50 tyiyn + 1, 3, 5, and 10 som.

• Exchange:

Exchange

Which currency to bring

Payment methods

Returning home

Budget

What can be expensive

What can be inexpensive

Price range

• Double room in a "backpacker" hotel:

• Double room in a "tourist" hotel:

• Snacks, "local" restaurant meal:

• "Tourist" restaurant meal:

• "Budget" car rental:

• 100 km by "local" bus:

• 100 km by express/comfort bus:

• 100 km by train:

• Urban taxi:

• Urban bus:

Bargaining and tipping

Shopping and souvenirs

What to bring back