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In Ollantaytambo, while most of

our party milled around in the streets

exploring the shops, I visited homes,

that were designated on our tour

brochures as being safe for

foreigners. At each of these homes

there was someone sitting outside the

door, hoping for money from tourists.

In English, with a mixture of what

little Spanish I knew, I would ask if I

could see inside. They would always

answer in broken English, “One sol

or one dolla’.”

A person could get three sol

(Peruvian money) to a dollar, so it

was cheaper to use that. For that

reason, we always joked that we