Frances called today!
It was great to hear from her.
She was in San Francesco about to get on a train for Portland so was making the most of wifi. She's had troubles with her travelex card with most of her money on it. She called last Saturday to tell us about it. Apparently she had left her card in a ATM machine when she was jet lagged in Peru! So she contacted the help phone line, and in the confusion they cancelled her spare card which she had in her bag. That left her with no access to her money! She had some cash and a little money on a Visa card so she didn't worry about it. She was traveling everyday and dealing with it wasn't top priority. But the money was running out. Then she called Saturday a little sad and despondent, unsure how to get access to her money. So using Google I found a travelex shop located in a bank nearby (as in a short bus ride) to where her hostel is. She went there to discover they no longer deal in cards! So phone call after phone call and she got the card reactivated! But now she can't remember the pin number so after another series of phone calls she got close to a solution when the phone dropped out! So she'll have to try again when in Portland.
Frances is the second of my four daughters. She is traveling in South America and USA for 10 weeks. After a trekking the Inca trail in Peru with a group, she is now on her own and developing her itinerary as she goes with a few highlights planned.