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10 Secret Places for Travelers to Stash Cash #surfing #snow sports #photo essay #cuba all topics Search Matador LIFE TRIP IDEAS SPORTS NEWS 10 Tips for What NOT to Do 5 Mistakes Novice Doc (Not) in a Box Becoming a in Melbourne Hikers Make (and Location How to Avoid Independent Them) Professional Topics ↓ Archives About Contributors Store COMMUNITY TRIP IDEAS LIFE CHANGE ABROAD TRAVEL WRITING SPIRIT NIGHTLIFE GEAR NEWS TV SPORTS MATADORU « Review + Contest: On the Road to Voluntourism Spyder Exo Link Ski Glove » Get Matador in your inbox and around the web. 10 Secret Places for Travelers to Sign up for our FREE weekly newsletter. Stash Cash Your name Your email Subscribe 02/10/10 Print This Post 9 Comments Popular Written by Y.D. Bar-Ness Twitter Flickr Share 11 ShareThis 92 0 Like Facebook Youtube RSS StumbleUpon View full list of RSS feeds Jump To Category: Adventure Gear (72) view Feature Photo by stuartpilbrow. Photo above by ndanger There’s the old adage about not putting all your eggs in one basket, and when you are on the road, your financial resources are your eggs. Hard won and filled with spending potential, your rupees – dollars – Euros – pounds – dinars are an essential part of any trip. But that overloaded wallet you are carrying – with phone numbers, business cards, and photographs – is a rather insecure basket to store your cash. A few carefully stashed bills can be the insurance policy that gets you that train ticket, that hospital bed stay, that bottle of red wine, or that emergency call home. Here are ten places you can stash some cash… Storm flaps on backpack zippers Most nylon backpacks have a piece of fabric protecting the zipper from rain and dirt, often built in such a way that you can slit it open with a razor, and slide in a few rolled up notes. Explore the Community Backpack frames converted by Web2PDFConvert.com Modern backpacks have elaborate frames of plastic and metal. Sometimes, you can access the plastic stiffening backboard sheet through a pocket, or by making a slit. The Radar You can hide larger documents and large amounts of money in this area. But if you put too much you might feel it uncomfortably poking your back. Quick hits from the Matador Editors Trouser waist seam Shoot, Busk, Blog: How To Share Your The waistband of trousers is often a folded piece of cloth secured at the bottom to the fabric Travel Experiences [NYC] that makes up the leg. You don’t need to buy a fancy money belt: A quick slice with a razor and [VIDEO]: Cruise Ship Passengers Tossed you can put several rolled up notes into this unexpected hiding spot. Around in Heavy Seas Infographic relating the magnitude of Don’t push them around to the back; it will be noticeably bumpy between you and your pack. 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