My first trip the exchange rate was 5 to 1............used to buy beer at Fisherman's Wharf (anyone remember that place?). I also recall seeing women walking street-side with 1 sometimes 2 cases of redstripe on their head....the old rectangular hard cardboard box type. At night I would see some kind of gambling game set up on a little table-top like back gammon....I remember watching it...but was not interested in losing my money.....no idea what it was.