“He [the dealer] said it’s already going down; you’re not going to get a better deal on Asok,” said the expat, who works as a consultant in Bangkok. He put the cash in a giant envelope which he put into his carry-on bag and boarded a plane to Cambodia, where he exchanged another 300,000 baht with a Chinese dealer. The money was put in a fixed term deposit at a local bank, where he is getting 4.75% in annual interest.