In Reply to: Take them in your own currency posted by willow on Monday, 2. March 2009 at 22:25 Bali Time:
is if you don't spend them, you haven't lost anything on exchange. So yes, get them in your own currency.
I brought cash, TCs, credit, and ATM cards and all had their uses. Anywhere that changed money at a good rate took TCs at nearly the same as cash.