The Gospel According To Birnbaum

August, 1980

Playboy's Travel GuideTo Demonstrate just how easy it is to make money evaporate when traveling, I once did a Today show segment on currency exchange in Mexico City. First I had the camera pan over my shoulder to a sign that hung on the wall behind the cashier's cage in a large, popular Mexico City hotel. It read, 20 Pesos Per Dollar; that was the official rate available within the hotel's walls. Then I made a small right turn and walked exactly 57 steps through the lobby, out the front door and...